From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 From: forsyth@vitanuova.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-jaebqwhfgrxyrmbpqaqsvttujt" Message-Id: <20011105174001.6DDAF19A2E@mail.cse.psu.edu> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 17:45:37 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 14b26f06-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-jaebqwhfgrxyrmbpqaqsvttujt Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit the aim was to avoid the PC user having to put a network card in the machine to use ADSL. most machines (now) have got USB, but haven't got ether on the motherboard, which is just as well because when they do include one, it's often something stupid. i read somewhere that they run some form of ATM over the USB. well. fortunately, my set-top box has an RJ45 port so i can ignore all that nonsense. --upas-jaebqwhfgrxyrmbpqaqsvttujt Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu> Received: from punt-1.mail.demon.net by mailstore for forsyth@vitanuova.com id 1004981302:10:03405:69; Mon, 05 Nov 2001 17:28:22 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by punt-1.mail.demon.net id ab1102258; 5 Nov 2001 17:18 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.6.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 929BB19A46; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 12:13:06 -0500 (EST) Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: from smtp.noos.fr (camus.noos.net [212.198.2.70]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 0A8D419A40 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 12:12:20 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 97659128 invoked by uid 0); 5 Nov 2001 17:12:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO SOMA) ([212.198.185.249]) (envelope-sender ) by 212.198.2.70 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; 5 Nov 2001 17:12:18 -0000 Message-ID: <00d601c1661c$7dd9d5b0$f9b9c6d4@SOMA> To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> References: <20011102172614.8CF92199B9@mail.cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 18:08:25 +0100 > USB? Just say no. The new fad seems to be USB mice. I have a bad feeling about this. It's a sad state of affairs when you have to get a RS-232 protocol analyser out to work out what your mouse is doing. France Telecom even have an ADSL offering that uses ... USB Couldn't get UTP/RJ-45s this year? --upas-jaebqwhfgrxyrmbpqaqsvttujt--