Re: Anthony's issues [Slightly OT]

2005-03-22 Thread Duo
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Stijn Hoop wrote: Can we please STOP fueling Anthony's drivel? --Stijn -- Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. I have two words for you: Mail Filtering. Use it. It can work wonders on signal to noise ratio. He is not going to quit, ever. Honestly, the whole disk thing reminds

Re: Anthony's issues [Slightly OT]

2005-03-22 Thread Stijn Hoop
On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 08:55:01AM -0600, Duo wrote: On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Stijn Hoop wrote: Can we please STOP fueling Anthony's drivel? I have two words for you: Mail Filtering. Use it. It can work wonders on signal to noise ratio. He is not going to quit, ever. Well, I'm of the

old scsi adapters and the benefits of open source [was: Anthony's issues [Slightly OT]]

2005-03-22 Thread Peter Risdon
On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 08:55 -0600, Duo wrote: Honestly, the whole disk thing reminds me of an experience with FreeBSD and an old gateway solo laptop. [...] I acquired an old Initio SCSI card (9100) around the time of FreeBSD 4.5. A driver was available from the manufacturer's website for

Re: Anthony's issues [Slightly OT]

2005-03-22 Thread Nick Pavlica
Well said! I completely agree. --Nick On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:55:01 -0600 (CST), Duo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Stijn Hoop wrote: Can we please STOP fueling Anthony's drivel? --Stijn -- Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. I have two words for you: Mail

Re: old scsi adapters and the benefits of open source [was: Anthony's issues [Slightly OT]]

2005-03-22 Thread David Kelly
On Mar 22, 2005, at 10:11 AM, Peter Risdon wrote: By contrast, I maintain a networked Windows machine that controls plasma cutting systems for a manufacturing business. It uses a serial port connection to send cutting patterns to the plasma controller. The serial port communications software was

Re: old scsi adapters and the benefits of open source [was: Anthony's issues [Slightly OT]]

2005-03-22 Thread Peter Risdon
On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 18:58 -0600, David Kelly wrote: On Mar 22, 2005, at 10:11 AM, Peter Risdon wrote: By contrast, I maintain a networked Windows machine that controls plasma cutting systems for a manufacturing business. It uses a serial port connection to send cutting patterns to