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  From: Alex Garner <lilo@lynx.net.au>
  To  : Linux SA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 15:49:11 +0930

Re: User hardware/software profile.

> From: Bruce Moffatt <brucem@melb.cpr.itg.telstra.com.au>
> Date: Wednesday, 16 July 1997 11:07
> 
> My 486/33 8 M RAM says 19.92 BogusMips
> 
> What's all this "mine's bigger than your's" stuff, anyway?
> Is someone feeling insecure? Hey, buy a red sports car. ;)

Well I was considering a memory upgrade for our dial-in server, when I
happened upon some red pinstriping from an auto store. I whacked them on
the side of the server and squeezed an extra 20 or so BogoMips out of it. I
also use red text on the console, this helps too.

Cheers

Alex!

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