[SunRescue] SunPCI question & comment on Linux

[Joshua D. Boyd]

Have you tried Wine?  It might run your auction software.  It might not.
Never know till you try.

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Joshua Boyd

On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Michael S. Schiller wrote:

> Hi All.
> 
> A quick question... I have a 400mhz SunPCi card installed in my Ultra5,
> and I was wondering if anyone knows if it's powered up the whole time
> the system is running, or if when it's not being used if it's in a
> 'suspend' mode? I ask this because my air conditioning isn't working all
> that well, and it's been HOT in the house, and the U5 is actually
> getting fairly warm to the touch. Would shutting down the SunPCi window
> (effectively shutting down the PC) cut down on the production of heat
> inside the machine?
> 
> As for OS wars, I've always felt that it's best to run the OS that's
> specifically designed for the hardware whenever possible. I qualify that
> because when old hardware is involved, some of the newer free OSes are
> probably a better choice. For example, I have an old HP Apollo 425 that
> I run NetBSD on, rather than trying to run an older version of HPUX that
> I don't even have, and wouldn't know where to find in the first place!
> But on my Suns I run Solaris, using the most current version the
> hardware will allow. When I had an Indy, I ran Irix on it. The only
> other exception I make is when it comes to Windows, ANYTHING is better
> than windows! On my PC I run FreeBSD, but I've run Linux on it as well,
> and find both of them fine general purpose unices. (yea, I know, linux
> isn't unix, but it sure acts like it, and as they say 'If it walks like
> a duck, quacks like a duck... It's a DUCK!') Now if I could find
> somebody to write auction management software similar to the
> Auctiontamer software I run on Win9x for Solaris, I'd be all set, and
> wouldn't need this SunPCi card at all!
> 
> Just my $0.02
> 
> -Mike
> 
> PS I still have my copy of 386BSD back before there was Free/Net/Open
> varieties! Oh, and one more comment on Linux...
> I'm sort of disappointed in all the different 'distros' of linux. I wish
> they (along with the Free/Net/Open BSD crowd) would all get together,
> and present a common interface. You'd think they'd have learned from the
> lesson of the Unix wars of a decade ago!
> 
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