[plug] new PLUG machine

[McMeikan, Andrew]

What about naming it after one of the penguins from penguin island?  One
called Starfish (Star for short )bit me.

Star has then got both a penguin and sun related name :)


	cya,	Andrew...

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Matt Kemner [SMTP:zombie at networx.net.au]
> Sent:	Wednesday, December 15, 1999 9:55 AM
> To:	Perth Linux Users Group
> Subject:	[plug] new PLUG machine
> 
> On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Leon Brooks wrote:
> 
> > * Matt has obtained a SparcStation and bandwidth for independently
> > hosting
> >   PLUG.
> 
> Some details:
> 
> It's a Sparc Classic with 32MB of RAM, and runs on a "MicroSparc" CPU that
> attains 50 BogoMips (not that that means anything)
	<snip>
> Comments/suggestions about what else we can do with this machine welcome.
> Also, suggestions for a name would be good. :)
> At the moment it's called canopus, because it is the second of 2 sun
> machines I have - Sirius and Canopus - the 2 brightest stars (suns) in the
> sky... :)
> 
> My suggestion is that we name it (and any machines we may gain in the
> future) after species of penguins... :)
> (Emperor, King, Royal, Fairy etc)
> A quick search for "species of penguins" on altavista brought up:
> http://users.iafrica.com/b/bo/boulders/penguin_species.htm
> 
> Anybody agree? Any other suggestions?
> 
>  - Matt