On 9 Apr 99, at 18:43, R. Stricklin (kjaeros) wrote:
> So far as I've been able to tell, there isn't a DG newsgroup of any sort
> (hardware or software). It's that "odd" market presence at work, I think.
Not a DG newsgroup in sight on my server. Would have thought
there'd be one at least.
> Nobody I can think of buys DG kit, save the US Forest Service, and they
> are moving away from their Eclipse installations (to IBM kit, I believe).
> And yet.. this stuff is out there. I never see it for sale. DG have
> existed for thirty years selling SOMETHING.
Well, I also have a Nova but it is just the case. No boards inside at
all. I'd love to find some and bring it back to life but don't hold
much hope. :-(
> That and to summarily proceed to be shocked at the prices they seemed to
> be able to get away with asking for this ancient cruft.
Yes, one wanted almost $3000 for a similar but smaller model of
the system I picked up today. Surprised me.
> I have a large quantity of OS and software tapes that I would be ok with
> making limited copies of (as they're out of their support life),
> especially as there is something about people porting linux to oddball
> stuff like this that already had some sort of UNIX OS established on it
> that really squicks me.
My main interest in a Linux or other *NIX port would be the fact that
I don't have install media for this system. If my drive dies, I'm out
of luck. If I could arrange some backup copies from you then I
have less need for some alternate OS. Of course the other reason
would be the lack of updates. Which version of DG/UX it has I
don't recall at the moment. After I get it home tonight I can hook it
to my network and bring it back up and check it out.
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David Williams - Computer Packrat
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Received on Fri Apr 09 1999 - 18:07:39 BST