Host Info - CPUs

Following up on memory in the 'host info' series is CPUs.  As with memory,
the details of our hosts are:

        HOSTS:          snorkle (sunhost), tux (linhost), beastie (bsdhost)

Host Info - Memory

This post on memory is the first in a series on how to retrieve various
bits of host information from Solaris, Linux, and FreeBSD.  The OS
details are: