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Re: [LUG] OT: VMS 30 today

 

Clare Shepherd wrote:
> On 7 Nov 2007, at 12:38, Rob Beard wrote:
> 
>> Quoting Clare Shepherd <clareeshepherd@xxxxxxx>:
>>
>>
>>> Where I worked we had a systems guy who hated "pretty", saying it was
>>> inefficient. I've always iked a nice GUI but there is something to be
>>> said for the old spare efficient methods, Maybe we'll go back to that
>>> if the energy gets scarce. Who knows? I am fascinated by some of the
>>> old software & hardware, I suppose it's my age, sob, sob, sniffle.
>>>
>>> Clare (in her 60s)
>>> Clare
>>>
>> Oh I don't know, I'm in my late 20's (29) and I love the old
>> technology.  When I was growing up I only got to see a handful of
>> machines but I was really interested in anything computer related.
>> Now much to my other half's annoyance I'm collect old computers (well
>> I say collect, I buy them at car boot sales or off e-Bay if they're
>> local and can sneak them in).  In my selection of old machines I have
>> a working VIC20 without a tape deck, an Acorn Electron, a 48k
>> Spectrum+ without a power supply, a ZX81 16k ram pack and a couple of
>> old consoles.
>>
>> As much as I like emulation I'd love to play with the actual real  
>> hardware.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
>   Brilliant. I've got a collection of old handhelds, Psions, MP 100s,  
> Amstrad etc. I'd love one of those old workstations running Unix to  
> play with, mmmm, eBay, now there's a thought.
> 
> Clare
> 

I used to have a couple of Sun Workstations (I worked at a scientific 
research facility) which were pretty slow but I managed to get RedHat 6 
installed on them.  In the end I took them back because the took up too 
much room!

What I really wanted though was one of the DEC Alphas or SGI Indys. 
Unfortunately they weren't getting rid of those. :-(

I do wonder, is there anyone on the list who has successfully managed to 
get Debian Linux/m68k running on an Atari ST or Commodore Amiga?

Rob

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