From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed May 3 14:21:13 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id OAA01147 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 3 May 1995 14:21:13 -0700 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA01120 for ; Wed, 3 May 1995 14:20:46 -0700 Received: from grumble.grondar.za (grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.11/8.6.9) with ESMTP id XAA03739; Wed, 3 May 1995 23:10:14 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id XAA08757; Wed, 3 May 1995 23:10:11 +0200 Message-Id: <199505032110.XAA08757@grumble.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grumble.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: hackers@FreeBSD.org, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Subject: Re: Soldering irons [Was Re: looking for IP over printer...] Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 23:10:11 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > This reminds me the guy asking in Usenet if he could use a Sun optical > mouse at a PC, too. My answer ``I've did it. I've simply replaced > Data General's [where my mouse was from] Mini-DIN-connector by a DB-9 > connector.'' -- ``How did you do this exactly?'' -- ``Very simple: > i've cut off the Mini-DIN and soldered a DB-9 instead.'' -- ``Oooh, I > see: very simple.'' The three most dangerous things in a computer centre: 1) A hacker with a soldering iron, 2) the mainframe technician with a patch, 3) and a user with a Good Idea (tm). ;-) M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200