[TenTec] Basic question - Long

[William Mahaffey]

> Don't stop...since we can't talk about the Orion firmware
> on the Ten Tec
> reflector...we can bash computers!

ok.

> Yep, it was Gates who once said that...I think that was >
> way before  there
> was an orange..er..an apple...

Apple existed way before gates.



> Hmmmm...where can I get some Apple software that will run
> 385 servers 
> spread
> across the country...that will NOT fail? 

Try BEA.


And, oh yes, don't try to have those windows 
servers actually try to do something other than
the occasional file sharing. They will crash.
I have seen systems that repeatedly crashed
windows (NT) because they could not service
requests fast enough, then recompile those
systems for unix without one line change
and have the unix boxes run at 35% cpu
utilization. Windows is ok if you don't
actually use it, or need to make changes.
maybe.



>What COM ports? Only reason we 
> need
> COM ports now is to run ham software.

So, how is the support guy gonna connect?
Most sites still need to have the warm
fuzzy feeling that they can hang up the
telephone rather then opening their network
up for remote connects.


> OH yea, I've been running WinXPpro 
> on
> my three home made PC's also for three years with NO
crashes.

I refer you to my earlier comment about actually using it.

> By the 
> way,
> did you build your MAC?

No, I didn't have to.
What exactly did you actually build?

this is fun..

73,
bill w6eet