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To: Skye who wrote ()1/22/2000 6:06:00 PM
From: dan pearson   of 9798
 
I realize many don't care much for the interest Corel holds in Rebel but the Netwinder just made it big with Jerry Pournelle, yaknow, that Byte guy....

check out

byte.com

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Best New Hardware: Rebel NetWinder
The most useful bit of new hardware I acquired last year was the Rebel NetWinder Linux box (www.rebel.com) that has become my communications server.

It would be capable of being much more, a print server, and indeed a primary server for my whole net, but it has some problems. The little RISC chip is just adequate for the job it does. A much more powerful CPU would be necessary before I could add to its workload. For that matter, there's not enough memory for a much bigger task. There are some other small problems including a couple of mysterious panics when the modem got disconnected from the phone line.

Having said all that, I love this little box and I wouldn't part with it. It was easily installed, it's small and compact and...

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...dkp...

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