From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Oc3jF-0000ka-Ul for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:54:58 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4B967E093B; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:54:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EF57E093B for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:54:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 792CF1B4031 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:54:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: 0.343 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.343 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.725, BAYES_50=0.001, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=2.067] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id GaGyB3hEDbKB for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:54:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8F3B1B4094 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:54:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oc3iT-0002wa-L7 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:54:09 +0200 Received: from 64.122.56.22 ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:54:09 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by 64.122.56.22 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:54:09 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: lazy gcc switching Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:54:01 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <4c46b57fc965d2.14838702@wp.pl> <4C46CA6D.3080608@gmail.com> <4C47171A.5000501@gmail.com> <201007212139.30701.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <4C47721D.1040808@gmail.com> <4C48B243.3030801@gmail.com> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.122.56.22 User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: 6283686b-0f34-4e41-833a-389606a3c1c8 X-Archives-Hash: 25bed2d8c5eead3d966d3410df96e83c On 2010-07-22, walt wrote: > On 07/22/2010 02:04 PM, Bill Longman wrote: >> On 07/22/2010 12:49 PM, walt wrote: >>> On 07/21/2010 03:18 PM, Bill Longman wrote: >>> >>>> Might I suggest a small hardware upgrade: >>>> >>>> http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron6100/SR56x0/H8QGi-F.cfm >>> >>> Hey, where's the parallel port for my Epson MX-80 printer? >> >> You're aging yourself, Walt. Some of us have actually used these, let >> alone know what they are. > > Okay, I was exaggerating, but only slightly. My brother-in-law forcibly > took my Epson MX-100 away to an e-cycling place on the grounds that the > dust was aggravating his asthma. This happened about three months ago, > no kidding. (He forgot the parallel-port cable, though.) I still use a parallel port to connect to my HP laserjet 1300. I think the printer also has a USB port, but I had a parallel cable left over from my Epson LQ-1500 (24 pins for extra high-frequency noise!). -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I'm pretending that at we're all watching PHIL gmail.com SILVERS instead of RICARDO MONTALBAN!