[rescue] RE: cool VALinux boxes...

[Ken Hansen]

I never said they were "cool"...

As far as the MB is concerned:

	From the FAQ (http://www.networkengines.com/blazerfaq.htm)
	"Did Network Engines design the Motherboard? 
	Yes. All design and layout was performed by Network Engines." 

Blue LED - Hmm, sounds nice...

Ken

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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 09:32:08 -0500
From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [Re: [rescue] Link to listing of Comdisco sale items...]
Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org

On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 10:05:02AM -0400, Ken Hansen wrote:
> But, VALinux has a great reputation for quality hardware (this is a re-badged
> NetworkEngines Blazer)...

The only "cool" things about VA Linux boxes I've seen (we had a buttload
of them at ConnectSouth) were the blue LED and the fact that you could
use a serial console on them (altho this was more of a motherboard feature
and a linux-kernel feature, and far from proprietary to them).

I wish I knew what motherboards they used for this.

Also, the fancy faceplates they used looked SO cheap close-up...

Gimme a Netra X1 anyday, over this.

Bill
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Bill Bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
Austin, TX