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| -rw-r--r-- | handbook/hw.sgml | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | handbook/porting.sgml | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | handbook/relnotes.sgml | 6 |
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/handbook/hw.sgml b/handbook/hw.sgml index 3938e11a89..4c4e248a9a 100644 --- a/handbook/hw.sgml +++ b/handbook/hw.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: hw.sgml,v 1.47 1996-10-29 03:28:04 alex Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: hw.sgml,v 1.47.2.1 1996-11-28 08:20:56 phk Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <!-- @@ -131,17 +131,20 @@ Slippery when wet. Beware of dog. of multiuser disk I/O. <sect2><heading>CDROM drives</heading> - <p>My SCSI preferences extend to SCSI CDROM drives as well, and the - <htmlurl url="http://www.toshiba.com" name="Toshiba"> XM-3501B (now + <p>My SCSI preferences extend to SCSI CDROM drives as well, and while + the <htmlurl url="http://www.toshiba.com" name="Toshiba"> XM-3501B (also released in a caddy-less model called the XM-5401B) drive has always - performed well for me. Generally speaking, most SCSI CDROM drives I've - seen have been of pretty solid construction (probably because they don't - occupy the lower end of the market, due to their higher price) and you - probably won't go wrong with an HP or NEC SCSI CDROM drive either. - - NOTE: SCSI CDROM prices appear to have dropped considerably in the - last few months and are now quite competetive with IDE CDROMs while - remaining the technically superior solution. + performed well for me, I'm now a great fan of the <htmlurl + url="http://www.plasmon.com" name="Plasmon"> PX-12CS drive. It's + a 12 speed drive with excellent performance and reliability. + + <p>Generally speaking, most SCSI CDROM drives I've seen have been of + pretty solid construction and you probably won't go wrong with an HP or + NEC SCSI CDROM drive either. SCSI CDROM prices also appear to have + dropped considerably in the last few months and are now quite competetive + with IDE CDROMs while remaining a technically superior solution. I now see + no reason whatsoever to settle for an IDE CDROM drive if given a choice + between the two. <sect2><heading>CD Recordable (WORM) drives</heading> diff --git a/handbook/porting.sgml b/handbook/porting.sgml index 44aee5aff4..a742e035a1 100644 --- a/handbook/porting.sgml +++ b/handbook/porting.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.32.2.5 1996-11-25 07:32:28 phk Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.32.2.6 1996-11-28 08:20:58 phk Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <sect1><heading>Porting an existing piece of free software<label id="porting"></heading> @@ -933,17 +933,17 @@ FETCH_DEPENDS= ncftp2:${PORTSDIR}/net/ncftp2 does not say `not stripped', it is stripped. <p>To automagically compress the manpages, use the MAN[1-9LN] - variables. They will check the variable <tt>NOMANCOMPRESS</tt> - that the user can set in <tt>/etc/make.conf</tt> to disable man - page compression. - Place them last in the section below the MAINTAINER variable. - Here is an example: + variables. They will check the variable + <tt>NOMANCOMPRESS</tt> that the user can set in + <tt>/etc/make.conf</tt> to disable man page compression. + Place them last in the section below the + <tt>MAINTAINER</tt> variable. Here is an example: <tscreen><verb> MAN1= foo.1 bar.1 MAN5= foo.conf.5 MAN8= baz.8 </verb></tscreen> - <p>Note that this is not usually nessicary with ports that are X + <p>Note that this is not usually necessary with ports that are X applications and use Imake to build. <sect3> diff --git a/handbook/relnotes.sgml b/handbook/relnotes.sgml index 7c6173467b..ccac8d9f67 100644 --- a/handbook/relnotes.sgml +++ b/handbook/relnotes.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: relnotes.sgml,v 1.15.2.1 1996-11-25 07:32:30 phk Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: relnotes.sgml,v 1.15.2.2 1996-11-28 08:21:02 phk Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <!-- @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ In addition to the base distributions, FreeBSD offers a new ported software collection with hundreds of commonly - sought-after programs. At the end of November 96 there was - an amount of 710 ports ! The list of ports ranges from + sought-after programs. At the end of November 96 there were + 690 ports ! The list of ports ranges from http (WWW) servers, to games, languages, editors and almost everything in between. The entire ports collection requires only 10MB of storage, all ports being expressed |