USING classic machines

From: Daniel A. Seagraves <dseagrav_at_bsdserver.tek-star.net>
Date: Fri Jun 27 08:35:14 1997

On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Captain Napalm wrote:

> It was thus said that the Great DAVID L. ORMAND once stated:
> >
> > >I still do my banking/checkbook on the kaypro! Faster than the PC
> > >overall.
> > In fact, I'm wondering how widespread my idea is (shared by a
> > few, apparently) that the smaller, simpler machines really are well
> > suited for home use, and you don't need a high-end peecee for nearly
> > everything you want to do.
> >
> I no longer use my Coco for word processing, namely for two reasons: I
> don't have the space to set it up, and two, it's a bit sluggish (okay, I'm
> spoiled - I like having true lower case and a 80x25 screen).
> I'd use the uVax more often, but I need to get a new harddrive for it, and
> getting one with VMS 4.x pre-installed isn't that easy (not that I've tried
> really hard). I'd probably use it for CPU intensive projects, like ray
> tracing, and some development work (homebrew project: operating system of my
> own design).

I plan to put the '11 to work as my Internet machine. When I get a LAN
in the house (Not Likely), I plan to use it as the server machine. The
point is it probably out-performs my 486. And it's neat. I just wish I
had the programmer's panel for it! I may also make it a webserver
(Assuming I can re-write HTTPD) so I can show off. Or I may just get
lazy like normal and not do any of this :)
Received on Fri Jun 27 1997 - 08:35:14 BST