Subject: Re: are the names sun4u, sun4m jokes ?
To: Joel CARNAT <joel@carnat.net>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 05/02/2004 12:31:12
On May 2, 2004, at 12:27 PM, Joel CARNAT wrote:
> reading the "howto make a boot CD" for SUN, I just start wondering if 
> the cpu kinds are named for joke ?
>
> ARCH	Pronounced
> ======================
> sun4	SUN for ? maybe no joke a the beginning.
> sun4c	SUN for Sea
> sun4m	SUN for Them
> sun4d	SUN for ?
> sun4u	SUN for You
>
> Could it be possible, or is it just the beer I had for lunch ? :)

   Definitely the beer.

       -Dave

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