building a PDP11 from the things you find at home

From: Eric Dittman <dittman_at_dittman.net>
Date: Sat Jul 28 02:03:30 2001

> >You forgot A/UX.
>
> That's where I first touched both UNIX and a Macintosh, trust me, it's best
> forgotten. Once that WIS Workstation was loaded with MacOS 7, it flew!
> Before that it was a dog, despite being based around a Mac IIfx.

I used to run A/UX on a II (later IIfx) and I liked it. I
didn't find it all that much slower than running the MacOS
straight. I can even remember playing Hellcats (I think
that was the name; it was a WWII flight simulator) under
A/UX and it was pretty smooth.
-- 
Eric Dittman
dittman_at_dittman.net
Received on Sat Jul 28 2001 - 02:03:30 BST

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