From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E870513888F for ; Thu, 2 Apr 2015 01:52:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0FCA7E08AD; Thu, 2 Apr 2015 01:52:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-f171.google.com (mail-qc0-f171.google.com [209.85.216.171]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DD740E0896 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 2015 01:52:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qcbii10 with SMTP id ii10so34359829qcb.2 for ; Wed, 01 Apr 2015 18:52:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=C3oLR0AU7BEAThh1gobmfP/5RBxKE6QEST9WorKY0PQ=; b=xkhwGvf7l6LJVRMV8xOyrMZw035obWMThJZvS+O34M/HuparapMW8v9k8sIV341RKe M6u4usXvyetGtc7wNxre7llsDRkjcc8EVVSHlmxQJaBzaPlVOjpSR3BPQXLrtKXb7k1o RKgfQEjDfv6H4CTrLFzKvgWz8ierLrL37osAlJs+/OvWpp0Wv1H6o/o+Kz+AOobM3LgY dero20kK+KrlSJDiCGLN+g2KfbuxVrnup7gG++j/a34mULHZuRfAtB42KucppPnO590T kAaydQKZ8ucKLEtNXr2oJr42KpJu8pK2S6l1uAZ1mco+sjjZGad4rTpj+RgyRf4mm+mv ad3g== X-Received: by 10.229.122.70 with SMTP id k6mr44443779qcr.27.1427939528034; Wed, 01 Apr 2015 18:52:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-115-27.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.115.27]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id n52sm2551053qge.39.2015.04.01.18.52.06 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 01 Apr 2015 18:52:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <551CA0C5.2020207@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 20:52:05 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:35.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/35.0 SeaMonkey/2.32 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo announces total website makeover :-) References: <20150401013706.552b0ac6@hal9000.localdomain> <551B9FA1.8000001@gmail.com> <4315692.bJolyfiXRS@wstn> <551BC559.2010200@gmail.com> <551BC9D9.8070804@iinet.net.au> In-Reply-To: <551BC9D9.8070804@iinet.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: e42dc71d-dd1b-410b-812e-475959fa8725 X-Archives-Hash: 9417e44ea8d9418a9a75c27e9e66fee4 Bill Kenworthy wrote: > On 01/04/15 18:15, Dale wrote: >> Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> On Wednesday 01 April 2015 20:10:44 Adam Carter wrote: >>>> I love the serial console style cursor sweep across the screen. Ahh = that >>>> takes me back. >>> Me too. >>> >>> I was just trying to remember the type number of the serial consoles = we=20 >>> used. No joy so far, but then it was 30 years ago. >>> >> I like it but it was slow to load. Maybe it will settle out soon.=20 >> >> I think I started on a Wyse 50 terminal. Heck, at one point, the main= >> server had a 25MHz CPU even. Dang I'm getting old. o_O=20 >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-)=20 >> > Dang it ... I see another "get off the grass" thread... > > wyse terminals, vt100's, lovely green or amber screens - those were the= > days! What was I saying about grass? > > BillK > > > Well, let's not forget about having the word "login:" burned into the screen too. Me, I always turned mine off when I left for the day.=20 Everyone else tho, they could see their login prompt all the time, just in a slightly different color. o_- Oh, I usually fixed the keyboards after someone spilled Dr Pepper on them too. Start off with water, hot if possible, then move up to 99% alcohol. Once that is done, place the keyboard on the A/C condenser outside and let the heat and fans dry it. Since they regularly were blowing 150F air, it doesn't take long.=20 I'm getting to old. :-( Dale :-) :-)=20