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Date:      Wed, 27 Jun 2001 09:18:01 -0500 (CDT)
From:      David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
To:        j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD and the shift to 'web services'
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0106270912010.80919-100000@shell-3.enteract.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010627143033.A7900@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, j mckitrick wrote:

:| of these: previous to the Palm3, the OS ROM wasn't flashable.  The FUN use
:| of the Palm I recently heard about was using the sync cradle and TopGun to
:| serial-boot a Sparc5. :)
:
:How would you do *that* ?
:

You plug the plam's cradle into the serial port, and use a terminal emulator
on the palm to talk to the machine.  I've done this with Suns, Ciscos, HPss,
FreeBSD, and some random other things.  It's no where near as nice as a real
terminal, but it does work.

-- 
dscheidt@tumbolia.com
Bipedalism is only a fad.


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