[ale] My Next Computer

[Jerald Sheets]

 Now that the OS X machines for the home come in so cheaply, I'll have one
of the new boxes in a couple months.  

In the home, we'll have all OS X, and for our servers here (currently 4)
we'll have all Linux.  For the database server specifically, I'll run
FreeBSD most likely.

Finally, I'm going to replace this laptop with a Powerbook, and I'll be all
set.


Jerald M. Sheets jr.
Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
McKesson, Inc.
(404) 293-8762
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-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Pete
Hardie
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 9:32 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] My Next Computer

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 02:39:26 -0500, Jason Fritcher <jkf at wolfnet.org> wrote:
> Pete Hardie wrote:
> > I'd probably need to keep a PS2 keyboard around for BIOS setup 
> > out-of-the-box, of course.
> 
> No need to do that. Every system I've seen since the P2 has BIOS and 
> chipset support to use USB keyboards before booting an OS. The BIOS 
> configures the system chipset in such a way that it intercepts 
> accesses to the real keyboard controller and redirects them to the USB 
> keyboard/mouse. From what I've played around with it, even old old old DOS
programs are fooled by it.

Excellent!  My plans are one step closer to World Dom^H^H^H^H^H^H cheap
computing!

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