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Date:      Fri, 1 Nov 1996 17:35:01 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        michaelv@MindBender.serv.net (Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com)
Cc:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.1.5r -> current upgrade
Message-ID:  <199611010705.RAA04370@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199611010602.WAA21132@MindBender.serv.net> from "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" at Oct 31, 96 10:02:28 pm

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Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com stands accused of saying:
> 
> >This only works north of the equator, I'm afraid.  In the southern
> >hemisphere you'll actually lose a minute by doing this.
> 
> Oh well, yeah, if you get American disks.
> 
> But if you get drives designed for markets in the southern hemisphere,
> which spin the other direction, then it will work.

Harddisks are made in Taiwan; the 'upside-down-disk' is a mistranslation
of the Thai phrase that corresponds to "dead with its legs in the air"
by over-hopeful marketing people.

>   Michael L. VanLoon                           michaelv@MindBender.serv.net

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