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Date:      Sat, 30 Jan 1999 09:39:40 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        wes@softweyr.com, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au
Subject:   Re: USB drivers
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.01.9901300936510.95594-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <199901300334.UAA21544@usr05.primenet.com>

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On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Terry Lambert wrote:

> > > Anyone considered building a PC whose only means of talking to
> > > the world is a USB port?
> > 
> > SGI just started selling them.
> 
> What are they called?  I just finished searching their site with
> no luck...

Perhaps you looked too hard.  Their new NT workstation is what I was
referring to.  It is quite an interesting beast.  No traditional 16bit
firmware but uses ARC style firmware similar to the old mips NT boxes and
modern alpha boxes.  All input peripherals are USB I think.

I got most of this from reading some notes on how to get Linux running on
the beast but unfortunately I don't have a link handy.  I was following
links from Slashdot at the time.

--
Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 442 9037



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