Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 08:50:37 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ECC RAM useless with FreeBSD? Message-ID: <199912301550.IAA24298@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <59549.946568825@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <199912301544.IAA24237@mt.sri.com> <59549.946568825@critter.freebsd.dk>
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> >> I said military version, I didn't say mil-spec. > > > >It goes without saying that to be a military version, it must also be > >mil-spec. > > Fortunately for Danish tax-payers our government doesn't work that way :-) Then why was it heavier than the standard version? Otherwise, they could have used the 'stock' versions (which we ended up doing, but then we added titanium outer cases custom made for SRI to make them more rugged). > >> >The only laptop that is even close to mil-spec is made by Panasonic. > >> > >> Anyone remember the "Grid Tempest" ? > > > >I don't consider it a laptop, and it pre-dates the Thinkpads. We (SRI) > >owned one of the original thinkpads made (it's sitting around here > >somewhere), which was bought in preperation for a military contract. > > Why wouldn't the tempest be a laptop ? It most surely were on. I was being sarcastic. 'Laptop' implies something you can stick on your lap. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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