Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 21:36:59 +1600 (PST) From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@superior.truenorth.org> To: michaelv@MindBender.serv.net (Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com) Cc: terry@lambert.org, imp@village.org, aflundi@lundin.abq.nm.us, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 2.1.5r -> current upgrade Message-ID: <199611010537.VAA12596@superior.truenorth.org> In-Reply-To: <199611010453.UAA18927@MindBender.serv.net> from "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" at "Oct 31, 96 08:52:57 pm"
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> >>> >On my 486DX2/66 + VLB Ultrastor controller + 32M it is between 9 and >>> >10 hours. I'd really like to see an 82 minute make world, but I don't >>> >have the $6k it takes to get the hardware to do that :-(. > >>> I've done make world (on NetBSD) in 81 minutes on my single >>> P6-200. :-) It doesn't take $6K... > >>You forgot about all the crystal tuning needed to make it take that >>extra minute... > >It's not that hard, really. You just have to tilt the case slightly >so the disks spin "down hill". That gives them the extra little bit >of velocity you need to get the extra minute. > Yea, but the real trick is holding the machine in that position for 81 minutes :-) Josef -- Josef Grosch | Laugh while you can, monkey boy ! | FreeBSD 2.1.5 jgrosch@sirius.com | - John Warfin - | UNIX for the masses
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