> From: Richard Tobin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Ok, GEOM Gate is ready for testing. > > > For those who don't know what it is, they can read README: > > > > Aaargh! It's the return of nd(4) from SunOS. > > Excuse me? > > # uname -a > SunOS galaxy 4.1.4 18 sun4m > # man nd > No manual entry for nd. > # /history back in the days when the internet was LAN, SUN invented 'The Network is the Computer', YP for yellow pages (now NIS), and ND for Network Disk (A RPITA). but disks where expensive so it was rather neat, ND was replaced by NFS, but NIS is is still around :-). history/
danny PS: as some like to say, nothing new under the sun _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
