Just FYI --- Sun DOES make a "PC" style keyboard.
When you order your Sun systems, ask for the "North American" keyboard kit -- it's no extra charge, and it includes the "proper" keys you're looking for.
If you want to order the keyboard, its part number is:
320-1271 Sun Type 6 USB keyboard (PC layout)
320-1270 Sun Type 6 (proprietary connector) keyboard (PC layout)
If you have a service contract (not warranty service!), these parts are covered if you should accidentially bust your keyboard.
You could snare yourself a SunBlade 100 for ~$1000... UltraSPARC-II @ 500mhz...
It's PC-class hardware, but so what? It'll run a SunPCi-II just fine!!
As for me, I'll take my Ultra 60, thanks.... At least my company does _ONE_ thing right!:-)
I graduated from the University back in May of 2000. Of course, this was still before the dotcom bubble burst. I posted my resume on Monster, just to see what kind of hits I could get.
By the end of the next day, I had 34 (!) phone calls on my answering machine. 33 of them were from headhunting firms, trying to place Unix admins in dot-coms. 1 call was from an HR rep from a rather large telco company.
I only returned one phone call. I knew going in that dot-com would be dot-bomb eventually. If you were too blind to see that, I'm sorry. Some of us figured out that there's no money to be made in selling non-existant products. Of course, it took the venture capitalists a bit longer to figure this out, but eventually they did.
Things aren't nearly as bad here as they are in CA. I'm in the NYC area, and believe me, there are still plenty of jobs. None of my friends & acquaintances got downsized -- maybe that's because all of us have some sort of work ethic and know the old saying:
If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.
I really can't feel too bad for those who got caught in the dot-bomb burst. I mean, really, did you need the porsche?
I don't like seeing anyone on the street. But really -- you didn't know that collecting $100k from a company that DOESN'T (didn't) DO ANYTHING would eventually end?
Re:I had Linux on a PS2 a while ago
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bah. you beat me to it =)
I had (and still have) a model 50z. And a model 70...
At my current place of employment, it appears that the application teams are considered to be of a much higher caste than us lowly system administrators. They work a purely 9-5 day, and schedule any system work for deep off-hours. Code releases? Done during business hours.
It's crazy. I mean, we're the ones responsible for keeping the systems running. You can write the best code in the world, but if you have a bad sysadmin, your data can be compromised. Heck, your app may not even run at all! And of course, we end up doing the chode work like installing JDK's, installing Oracle (since root needs to run the root.sh script, we have to be around every time Oracle is installed).
There are 8 of us, and 170+ Sun servers. Each programmer works on only one application. That's not to say their job isn't important -- but the world isn't all about programmers. Us sysadmins get called at 3:30am when a disk fails. Or when the power goes out. Or when some application bonehead deletes their.profile and wants it restored from daily backups.
And you say programmers have it rough...
Oh, and I make 2/3 what programmers of my same rank do.
Sun resells an expansion box from a company called Magma. This device is compatible with both Intel and SPARC based machines.
If it's a PCI to PCI bridge, latency shouldn't be too big of a deal. I'd put low-throughput things like the DigiBoard (or whatever serial device you're using) on the expansion bus, and leave the high-output stuff to the on-board PCI...
The best software agreement I ever read (from back in the BBS days) contained the following:
This opinion is meant for educational purposes only. Any resemblance
to real persons, living or dead is purley coincidental. Void where
prohibited. Some assembly required. List each check separately by
bank number. Batteries not included. Contents may settle during
shipment. Use only as directed. No other warranty expressed or
implied. Do not use while operating a motor vehicle or heavy
equipment. Postage will be paid by addressee. Subject to CAB
approval. This is not an offer to sell securities. Apply only to
affected area. May be too intense for some viewers. Do not stamp.
Use other side for additional listings. For recreational use only.
Do not disturb. All models over 18 years of age. If condition
persists, consult your physician. No user-serviceable parts inside.
Freshest if eaten before date on carton. Subject to change without
notice. Times approximate. Simulated picture. No postage necessary
if mailed in the United States. Breaking seal constitutes acceptance
of agreement. For off-road use only. As seen on TV. One size fits
all. Many suitcases look alike. Contains a substaintial amount of
non-tobacco ingredients. Colors may, in time, fade. We have sent
the forms which seem to be right for you. Slippery when wet. For
in any mailbox. Edited for television. Keep cool; process promptly.
Post office will not deliver without postage. List was current at
time of printing. Return to sender, no forwarding order on file,
unable to forward. Not responsible for direct, indirect, incidental
or consequential damages resulting from any defect, error or failure
to perform. At participating locations only. Not the Beatles.
Penalty for private use. See label for sequence. Substantial
penalty for early withdrawal. Do not write below this line. Falling
rock. Lost ticket pays maximum rate. Your cancelled check is your
recipt. Add toner. Place stamp here. Avoid contact with skin.
Sanitized for your protection. Be sure each item is properly
endorsed. Sign here without admitting guilt. Slightly higher west
of the Mississippi. Employees and their families are not eligible.
Beware of dog. Contestants have been briefed on some questions
before the show. Limited time offer, call now to insure prompt
delivery. You must be present to win. No passes accepted for this
engagement. No purchase necessary. Processed at location stamped in
code at top of carton. Shading within a garment may occur. Use only
in well-ventilated area. Keep away from fire or flame. Replace with
same type. Approved for veterans. Booths for two or more. Check
here if tax deductible. Some equipment shown is optional. Price
does not include taxes. No Canadian coins. Not recommended for
children. Prerecorded for this time zone. Reproduction strictly
prohibited. No solicitors. No alcohol, dogs, or horses. No
anchovies unless otherwise specified. Restaurant package, not for
resale. List at least two alternate dates. First pull up, then pull
down. Call toll free before digging. Driver does not carry cash.
Some of the trademarks mentioned in this product appear for
identification purposes only. Record additional transactions on back
of previous stub.
It's the best cable stripper I've ever used... the damn things rocks!
And it's small & lightweight, too...
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Sure, there are lots of reasons to use NTFS instead of FATxx.
NTFS is a decendant of HPFS which was OS/2's High Performance File System. HPFS is a full hierarchical filesystem, and provides native support for things like real file names, etc. It's b-tree based, so things like directory listing are automatically sorted. Other nifties like filesystem checks take a LOT less time.
FAT32 is simply an extension of FAT16 which was itself an extension of FAT12, which was a 160k floppy disk filesystem. It's a darned mess. Filename support besides 8.3 is STILL a joke. FAT isn't optimized for anything. It was designed to be used on small floppies where organization doesn't matter. Hell, it wasn't even originally designed to support subdirectories! Remember, FAT stands for (F)ile (A)llocation (T)able -- and that's exactly what it is. Simply a list of filenames and their physical location on disk.
I'd use NTFS. I haven't kept up with things since the OS/2 Warp 3 days, but simple filesystem design hasn't changed. FAT's a bit of throwaway code that should have been ditched 20 years ago.
--dmurphy
p.s. I haven't even taken into account things like security features, POSIX compliance, etc...
We had some cooling troubles in our data center, so we added a few of these units:
http://www.movincool.com/products/cl1824_o.htm
I don't know about the cost, but I would suspect they're up there.
One note: "Danger! Will Robinson! Danger!"
--nbvb
p.s. I don't recommend using them in a data center. They don't help the situation when it's too hot/not humid enough; they just exasberate the problem. Check with Worldwide Environment Services; they rock! (http://www.wes.net)... these folks know what proper equipment environments are all about!
As someone who works for a rather large telco firm, we get our hands on decent displays. All of the admins in my group have one of two monitors: Either Sun's 21" premium flat CRT or Sun's 18" LCD.
I myself chose the 21" CRT over the 18". Not only is a) the resolution higher; b) the screen bigger; but c) it looks _sharper_.
Sun's 21" tube is a Sony Trinitron OEM'd. And it's probably the BEST 21" tube I've ever used.
We're split about half-and-half between the CRT's and LCD's. Truthfully, the LCD is a bit brigher (albeit fuzzier), but working a long day on the CRT tube is painless. It's a GREAT tube.
I've worked only for a few hours on the LCD's at a time, not a full, long day, but I truly missed my CRT.
We have over 170 Sun servers, ranging from the
measly 220R (dual-CPU, 2 gig of RAM) through the mighty E10K (64 CPU/64 gig RAM/20TB total storage)
Since the article concentrates on the E10K, I will too. It's a BEAUTIFUL piece of engineering. If you're really interested, look into the design of the centerplace. It's a switched, VERY high bandwidth fabric, and basically allows the flexibility associated with the 10K.
The fact that the Enterprise-class CPU's work on anything from a 3500 through the 10K is also impressive. Memory boards are the same, too.
As for the person who said that Fibre storage restricts some of the best features of the 10K - that's simply not true. You can still do dynamic reconfigurations -- basically, take system boards, and attach and detach them from a running domain at any time. VERY VERY cool.
We're contemplating putting our L700 tape library on its own system board, and scripting a DR detach/attach each night to each domain, so it backs up to a local SCSI device instead of over 622ATM. Very cool indeed.
The E10K is a _very_ impressive piece of hardware. I'm not crazy about the SSP software driving it, but the design is really solid. You can tell it was designed by Cray.:-)
Sure. But it doesn't _SUCK_, like the Wintel crap does.
The Ultra 5 and Ultra 10 are more PC-like than the rest of the Sun line, but you get what you pay for.
My company insists on buying REAL workstations for its Sys Admins. I've got an Ultra 60 on my desktop; my manager has an Ultra 2 (and loves it!). Our 2 new Sys Admins are getting SunBlade 1000's.
Sun makes some KICK ASS hardware. You get what you pay for, though. An Ultra 60 is worth $15K easy.
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Amen to that brother!!
Bless those Speakeasy folks... they kick ass and take names.
There's a reason I spend $91/month on a DSL line...
Now you know why.
--dmjATspeakeasyDOTorg
Just FYI --- Sun DOES make a "PC" style keyboard.
When you order your Sun systems, ask for the "North American" keyboard kit -- it's no extra charge, and it includes the "proper" keys you're looking for.
If you want to order the keyboard, its part number is:
320-1271 Sun Type 6 USB keyboard (PC layout)
320-1270 Sun Type 6 (proprietary connector) keyboard (PC layout)
If you have a service contract (not warranty service!), these parts are covered if you should accidentially bust your keyboard.
--DM
You could snare yourself a SunBlade 100 for ~$1000... UltraSPARC-II @ 500mhz... It's PC-class hardware, but so what? It'll run a SunPCi-II just fine!! As for me, I'll take my Ultra 60, thanks.... At least my company does _ONE_ thing right! :-)
I graduated from the University back in May of 2000. Of course, this was still before the dotcom bubble burst. I posted my resume on Monster, just to see what kind of hits I could get.
By the end of the next day, I had 34 (!) phone calls on my answering machine. 33 of them were from headhunting firms, trying to place Unix admins in dot-coms. 1 call was from an HR rep from a rather large telco company.
I only returned one phone call. I knew going in that dot-com would be dot-bomb eventually. If you were too blind to see that, I'm sorry. Some of us figured out that there's no money to be made in selling non-existant products. Of course, it took the venture capitalists a bit longer to figure this out, but eventually they did.
Things aren't nearly as bad here as they are in CA. I'm in the NYC area, and believe me, there are still plenty of jobs. None of my friends & acquaintances got downsized -- maybe that's because all of us have some sort of work ethic and know the old saying:
If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.
I really can't feel too bad for those who got caught in the dot-bomb burst. I mean, really, did you need the porsche?
I don't like seeing anyone on the street. But really -- you didn't know that collecting $100k from a company that DOESN'T (didn't) DO ANYTHING would eventually end?
bah. you beat me to it =)
I had (and still have) a model 50z. And a model 70...
I have no sympathy for the programmers.
.profile and wants it restored from daily backups.
:-)
At my current place of employment, it appears that the application teams are considered to be of a much higher caste than us lowly system administrators. They work a purely 9-5 day, and schedule any system work for deep off-hours. Code releases? Done during business hours.
It's crazy. I mean, we're the ones responsible for keeping the systems running. You can write the best code in the world, but if you have a bad sysadmin, your data can be compromised. Heck, your app may not even run at all! And of course, we end up doing the chode work like installing JDK's, installing Oracle (since root needs to run the root.sh script, we have to be around every time Oracle is installed).
There are 8 of us, and 170+ Sun servers. Each programmer works on only one application. That's not to say their job isn't important -- but the world isn't all about programmers. Us sysadmins get called at 3:30am when a disk fails. Or when the power goes out. Or when some application bonehead deletes their
And you say programmers have it rough...
Oh, and I make 2/3 what programmers of my same rank do.
But at least I get root. And they don't.
Sun resells an expansion box from a company called Magma. This device is compatible with both Intel and SPARC based machines.
If it's a PCI to PCI bridge, latency shouldn't be too big of a deal. I'd put low-throughput things like the DigiBoard (or whatever serial device you're using) on the expansion bus, and leave the high-output stuff to the on-board PCI...
I've gotcha beat!
I've got a PS/2 Model 50z. Decked out with a full 2MB of RAM and a 60MB HDD.
Running an 80286 chip at a blazin' 10mhz!
It's still got my entire (former) BBS on it... VirtualBBS 6.12B.
I should tie it to the serial port on my webserver...
Hmm... telnet and then tip to a DOS BBS? It could work!
Besides, the PS/2 has those rockin' 16550 UART chips... Serial comm actually works properly at 19200!
Hey!
I still use a WYSE tube at work...
Not all the time, but at least half the time..
Why should I bother with 3D wingdings when Pine reads my mail just fine?
Pfft. Once you show me a GUI that manipulates text easier than head, tail, cut, sed, awk, and grep, maybe we'll talk.
The best software agreement I ever read (from back in the BBS days) contained the following:
This opinion is meant for educational purposes only. Any resemblance
to real persons, living or dead is purley coincidental. Void where
prohibited. Some assembly required. List each check separately by
bank number. Batteries not included. Contents may settle during
shipment. Use only as directed. No other warranty expressed or
implied. Do not use while operating a motor vehicle or heavy
equipment. Postage will be paid by addressee. Subject to CAB
approval. This is not an offer to sell securities. Apply only to
affected area. May be too intense for some viewers. Do not stamp.
Use other side for additional listings. For recreational use only.
Do not disturb. All models over 18 years of age. If condition
persists, consult your physician. No user-serviceable parts inside.
Freshest if eaten before date on carton. Subject to change without
notice. Times approximate. Simulated picture. No postage necessary
if mailed in the United States. Breaking seal constitutes acceptance
of agreement. For off-road use only. As seen on TV. One size fits
all. Many suitcases look alike. Contains a substaintial amount of
non-tobacco ingredients. Colors may, in time, fade. We have sent
the forms which seem to be right for you. Slippery when wet. For
in any mailbox. Edited for television. Keep cool; process promptly.
Post office will not deliver without postage. List was current at
time of printing. Return to sender, no forwarding order on file,
unable to forward. Not responsible for direct, indirect, incidental
or consequential damages resulting from any defect, error or failure
to perform. At participating locations only. Not the Beatles.
Penalty for private use. See label for sequence. Substantial
penalty for early withdrawal. Do not write below this line. Falling
rock. Lost ticket pays maximum rate. Your cancelled check is your
recipt. Add toner. Place stamp here. Avoid contact with skin.
Sanitized for your protection. Be sure each item is properly
endorsed. Sign here without admitting guilt. Slightly higher west
of the Mississippi. Employees and their families are not eligible.
Beware of dog. Contestants have been briefed on some questions
before the show. Limited time offer, call now to insure prompt
delivery. You must be present to win. No passes accepted for this
engagement. No purchase necessary. Processed at location stamped in
code at top of carton. Shading within a garment may occur. Use only
in well-ventilated area. Keep away from fire or flame. Replace with
same type. Approved for veterans. Booths for two or more. Check
here if tax deductible. Some equipment shown is optional. Price
does not include taxes. No Canadian coins. Not recommended for
children. Prerecorded for this time zone. Reproduction strictly
prohibited. No solicitors. No alcohol, dogs, or horses. No
anchovies unless otherwise specified. Restaurant package, not for
resale. List at least two alternate dates. First pull up, then pull
down. Call toll free before digging. Driver does not carry cash.
Some of the trademarks mentioned in this product appear for
identification purposes only. Record additional transactions on back
of previous stub.
This supersedes all previous notices.
I agree 100,000% about the Cyclops!
It's the best cable stripper I've ever used... the damn things rocks!
And it's small & lightweight, too...
Sure, there are lots of reasons to use NTFS instead of FATxx.
NTFS is a decendant of HPFS which was OS/2's High Performance File System. HPFS is a full hierarchical filesystem, and provides native support for things like real file names, etc. It's b-tree based, so things like directory listing are automatically sorted. Other nifties like filesystem checks take a LOT less time.
FAT32 is simply an extension of FAT16 which was itself an extension of FAT12, which was a 160k floppy disk filesystem. It's a darned mess. Filename support besides 8.3 is STILL a joke. FAT isn't optimized for anything. It was designed to be used on small floppies where organization doesn't matter. Hell, it wasn't even originally designed to support subdirectories! Remember, FAT stands for (F)ile (A)llocation (T)able -- and that's exactly what it is. Simply a list of filenames and their physical location on disk.
I'd use NTFS. I haven't kept up with things since the OS/2 Warp 3 days, but simple filesystem design hasn't changed. FAT's a bit of throwaway code that should have been ditched 20 years ago.
--dmurphy
p.s. I haven't even taken into account things like security features, POSIX compliance, etc...
We had some cooling troubles in our data center, so we added a few of these units: http://www.movincool.com/products/cl1824_o.htm I don't know about the cost, but I would suspect they're up there. One note: "Danger! Will Robinson! Danger!" --nbvb p.s. I don't recommend using them in a data center. They don't help the situation when it's too hot/not humid enough; they just exasberate the problem. Check with Worldwide Environment Services; they rock! (http://www.wes.net)... these folks know what proper equipment environments are all about!
The VirtualBBS software (remember BBSses?) was written by Roland DeGraaf, who is a legally blind programmer.
Yep, there are plenty of blind programmers.
Amen brother!
The Dreamcast is dead. Long live the Dreamcast!
I've got the best of both worlds... An Ultra 60 on my desk at work; (SunBlade 1000 should be here next week...) and a Mac G4 at home.
Life is good.
Isn't Kerbango the "Internet Radio" that Apple uses in their iTunes app?
If the service goes away, what about iTunes?
They _would_, if I wanted it.
The aspect ratio is all wrong. It's like watching a movie.
When I'm doing admin work, I don't want to watch a movie. That's what the 36" TV in the den is for. %-)
As someone who works for a rather large telco firm, we get our hands on decent displays. All of the admins in my group have one of two monitors: Either Sun's 21" premium flat CRT or Sun's 18" LCD.
I myself chose the 21" CRT over the 18". Not only is a) the resolution higher; b) the screen bigger; but c) it looks _sharper_.
Sun's 21" tube is a Sony Trinitron OEM'd. And it's probably the BEST 21" tube I've ever used.
We're split about half-and-half between the CRT's and LCD's. Truthfully, the LCD is a bit brigher (albeit fuzzier), but working a long day on the CRT tube is painless. It's a GREAT tube.
I've worked only for a few hours on the LCD's at a time, not a full, long day, but I truly missed my CRT.
We have over 170 Sun servers, ranging from the
:-)
measly 220R (dual-CPU, 2 gig of RAM) through the mighty E10K (64 CPU/64 gig RAM/20TB total storage)
Since the article concentrates on the E10K, I will too. It's a BEAUTIFUL piece of engineering. If you're really interested, look into the design of the centerplace. It's a switched, VERY high bandwidth fabric, and basically allows the flexibility associated with the 10K.
The fact that the Enterprise-class CPU's work on anything from a 3500 through the 10K is also impressive. Memory boards are the same, too.
As for the person who said that Fibre storage restricts some of the best features of the 10K - that's simply not true. You can still do dynamic reconfigurations -- basically, take system boards, and attach and detach them from a running domain at any time. VERY VERY cool.
We're contemplating putting our L700 tape library on its own system board, and scripting a DR detach/attach each night to each domain, so it backs up to a local SCSI device instead of over 622ATM. Very cool indeed.
The E10K is a _very_ impressive piece of hardware. I'm not crazy about the SSP software driving it, but the design is really solid. You can tell it was designed by Cray.
Sure. But it doesn't _SUCK_, like the Wintel crap does. The Ultra 5 and Ultra 10 are more PC-like than the rest of the Sun line, but you get what you pay for. My company insists on buying REAL workstations for its Sys Admins. I've got an Ultra 60 on my desktop; my manager has an Ultra 2 (and loves it!). Our 2 new Sys Admins are getting SunBlade 1000's. Sun makes some KICK ASS hardware. You get what you pay for, though. An Ultra 60 is worth $15K easy.
Verizon Wireless is 100% separate from the landline company. The strike did not, I repeat DID NOT affect Verizon Wireless AT ALL.
You can pick up the Audiovox 9000 (tri-mode) for $39 in the Verizon stores right now . . .
Hey, say what you want, but PCBoard is still running on that Model 50... Viva la Fidonet!!!! ;-)
Problem is, you'd get the exact same results as SETIathome: No intelligent life found. :-)