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Re: Gould configuration removed
- To: Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: Gould configuration removed
- From: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>
- Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 16:25:39 -0700
- CC: Stan Shebs <shebs at shebs dot cnchost dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Organization: Core Tools, Apple Computer
- References: <390DB574.27771A1B@shebs.cnchost.com> <20000501124803.A5943@cygnus.com>
- Reply-To: shebs at apple dot com
Chris Faylor wrote:
>
> Hmm. My main rembrances of the Gould were the requirements for sound
> deadening ear phones if you were within twenty feet of it. That and the
> fact that didn't have to turn on the heat in our office as long as it
> was running.
>
> I did build gdb on it, though, I believe. IIRC, the native debugger was
> abysmal.
>
> Hmm. Not much of a eulogy. Hmm. I remember the noise it made when we
> plugged it into its 220V outlet and the electrician got the phase wrong.
>
> Good times... good times...
>
> Anyway, I think a very brief note would be fitting. I'll do it if a
> symbolic gesture is required.
That sounds like a good eulogy! Some good points, some humor. This is
probably the last time the Gould will be written about in GDB, might
as well make it a little more interesting than our usual serious and
objective documentation...
Stan