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From: mhw@fithp (Marc Weinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: Re: more on the HFC saga
Message-ID: <1991May18.171731.2744@fithp>
Date: 18 May 91 17:17:31 GMT
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From article <2793@public.BTR.COM>, by thad@public.BTR.COM (Thaddeus P. Floryan):
> In article <1991May13.010730.4743@fithp> mhw@fithp (Marc Weinstein) writes:
> 
> 	To all those who are still interested...
> 
> 	We've discovered quite a bit over the last few weeks about Hardware
> 	Flow Control on the 3b1.  If the below findings are common knowledge
> 	to some, such is life.  If anything is incorrect, please post a
> 	correction!
> 
> 	[...]
> 
> Sigh, no correction needed.

Hmmm - is this 'sigh' a show of disappointment in the PC, or a subtle flame?

> I've gained a new appreciation for how GOOD the 3B1/UNIXPC really is and how
> EASY it is to install and/or upgrade system software on the 3B1; those other
> systems suck dead bunnies through a straw in that regards in my opinion.

I've never tried this.  I have some straws, and could find some dead bunnies.
Or, should we move this discussion to alt.sex.sucking.dead.bunnies??

Our findings seem to support most everything you say.  I'll post a "wrapup"
article outside of this reply.

-- 
Marc Weinstein
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