Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 08:49:07 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Power switch not working Message-ID: <20836.3651.612518.695711@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20130409120320.42960e1c.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20130407060507.76fd8bd1.freebsd@edvax.de> <22027.1365500989@server1.tristatelogic.com> <20130409120320.42960e1c.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon writes: > > Somebody is always coming up with something new that will > > inevitably force me to spend money, buing new hardware, despite > > all my resistance. > > I cannot wait to participate in this wonderful experience > that keeps the "throw away society" alive (and enable us > to buy cheaper and more powerful stuff, on the other hand). > How will I be going to have a video feed from a VCR when > I cannot plug in my fully working and excellently supported > PCI TV card (with video input) anywhere? "... a VCR ..."? How ... Devonian. :-) > It's hard to keep > doing "the same" over the period of time the equipment will > work. Okay, no problem if you need to to "something new" > (which requires more power, more storage or faster speed), > but if that's not the case, the wheel keeps being reinvented. > What has been old will be new, except it comes in shiny new > marketing mumbo-jumbo to convince us. :-) There are still graphics cards out there that also function as TV tuner/input/output. But it is increasingly a niche market, just like external modems (or modems in general), and probably few are being made for something as ... experienced ... as plain PCI. I might even have one stuck in my old parts stash .... Robert Huff
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