From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 23 19:32:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B432F106567C for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:32:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk) Received: from ptb-relay03.plus.net (ptb-relay03.plus.net [212.159.14.147]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 788BD8FC24 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:32:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk) Received: from [81.174.209.248] (helo=81-174-209-248.pth-as2.dial.plus.net) by ptb-relay03.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1Kt5uu-0006nv-Hv; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:32:21 +0100 From: Frank Mitchell To: sc@mailman.lug.org.uk Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:49:55 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 20070904.708012) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200810222049.56144.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Plusnet-Relay: 6493d35ad700a2948a00572cfbd6c537 Cc: staffslug@staffslug.org.uk, freebsd-users@uk.freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Home Brew X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:32:27 -0000 Hi Guys: I just discovered a useful free E-Book: "You Can Build Your Own Computer" by Robert Derman, downloadable from http://www.dermancomputer.com. The Link is entitled "Computer Textbook" and it's a PDF = 5.5 Meg. Even if you don't plan a Home Building project it contains much useful stuff about Component Quality and Brand Choice. It's dated early 2007, but you'll find updated info in the HTML "Retail Price List". Also useful is the abridged HTML "Newbies Guide". I'm reminded of earlier days, when Unix appealed to people who built their own machines as much as people who wanted to modify Source Code. Faictz Ce Que Vouldras: Frank Mitchell From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 23 22:36:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1614A106566B for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:36:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jpaetzel@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.tcbug.org (mail.tcbug.org [216.243.150.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7DB28FC12 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:36:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jpaetzel@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [192.168.1.127] (c-24-118-145-206.hsd1.mn.comcast.net [24.118.145.206]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.tcbug.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AC34D169E51D; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:17:39 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <4900F7FC.2020305@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:17:32 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frank Mitchell References: <200810222049.56144.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200810222049.56144.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: staffslug@staffslug.org.uk, freebsd-users@uk.freebsd.org, sc@mailman.lug.org.uk, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Home Brew X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:36:07 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Frank Mitchell wrote: > Hi Guys: > > I just discovered a useful free E-Book: "You Can Build Your Own Computer" by > Robert Derman, downloadable from http://www.dermancomputer.com. > > The Link is entitled "Computer Textbook" and it's a PDF = 5.5 Meg. Even if you > don't plan a Home Building project it contains much useful stuff about > Component Quality and Brand Choice. It's dated early 2007, but you'll find > updated info in the HTML "Retail Price List". > > Also useful is the abridged HTML "Newbies Guide". I'm reminded of earlier > days, when Unix appealed to people who built their own machines as much as > people who wanted to modify Source Code. > > Faictz Ce Que Vouldras: Frank Mitchell The curmudgeon in me can't help but note running UNIX on a homebrewed machine wasn't really possible until the 90's. So I'm faced with two interpretations, either the OP considers the 90's earlier days, or he's talking about the decade previous to that, when people built homebrewed machines to run DOS and CP/M and UNIX ran on hardware too expensive to bring home. If it's the former....I feel old. - -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel PGP: 8A48 EF36 5E9F 4EDA 5ABC 11B4 26F9 01F1 27AF AECB -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iD8DBQFJAPf8JvkB8SevrssRApQZAJ9/iyMWJnrhT8006gh/ssZ0fdmWLACeLuNb L2HChCoo2JLNe2g334S6iMQ= =8vS+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----