[geeks] fantasy christmas wish lists

Zach Malone geeks at sunhelp.org
Tue Dec 18 17:36:04 CST 2001


As long as this is a fantasy list, why limit yourself to older Crays?  I
personally would like a LART (http://www.lart.tudelft.nl), although an
Octane 2, or a loaded G4 would be nice.  Maybe some of those 36gb 15,000RPM
Seagate drives.
    Zach
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: <geeks at mrbill.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 6:22 PM
Subject: [geeks] fantasy christmas wish lists


> Okay, if everyone could get ANYTHING computer-related they wanted for
> christmas, what would it be?
>
> My list:
>
> - PowerMac G4 DP 867Mhz, 22" Cinema Display, maxed out
> - Cray EL98 (so I can say "yes, I have a cray")
> - Complete set of Cisco CCNA/CCDA training kits
> - Metro shelving in the garage to organize the piles of DEC docs
> - "TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1"
> - Old Cisco LocalDirector for use w/SunHELP, maybe an old PIX too
>   (why old/used?  Why pay more for features I dont need?)
> - Solid-state (no tubes!) Shortwave/HF xcvr (Icom IC718!)
> - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/wishlist/1TO7AFBP8KV2B 8-)
>
> Why no Sun stuff?  Cuz I've already got a SunBlade 1000 on my desk at
home,
> and I *dont* like the Sun 18.1" flatpanels... Course, maybe a CS6400 would
> be nifty... or a multi-cpu SPARCserver 1000...
>
> Now, what I'd like to see, is Dave McG's list (and no, dave, you cant put
> "a redhead.. or her cute sister" *grin*)
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Bill
>
> --
> Bill Bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> Austin, TX
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