>stefan möller wrote: >>hello! >> >>thanks for all the answers and yes of course >>it´s a Power Pc Quicksilver 800mhz ( letter c >>fell off sorry..). >> >>Looks I´ve started something here..thoughtful comments. snip >>> >>>I'm waiting for GE to insist on changing the >>>gauge of US railroads. Four feet seven and >>>three quarters inches was pretty silly and >>>it's too small. > > >1.) Too small for WHAT? > >2.) Since when has rail gauge made any sense at >all? In the U.S. it has apparently measured >between 3 feet and 6 feet, depending... > >>Make it two meters and change all of the rails. > >Whatever is finally agreed upon for what a >'standard gauge' really IS today, you can >probably blame a lot of it on Englishman George >Stephenson (1781-1848). Well, a bit before George really. The 4'81/2" gauge is based on the wheel tracks of the Roman Chariots which bothered England for a while. James >In the U.S. it's currently 4 foot, 8 1/2", by >congressional decree, so Google says. > >In any case, to make it 2 meters is not only >arbitrary and without any drivers, but >retrofitting the U.S. rail system would be night >unto impossible. > >keith whaley >Who owns a G4 AND an iMac, just to keep this >pertinent, if not exactly 'on track'... :-D > > >Think how >>>much GE could earn making replacement engines >>>for its P6es that now dominate. > > >_______________________________________________ >G4 mailing list >G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4