"Jeffrey S. Sharp" wrote:
>
> I just acquired my first two Sun workstations. One is a 3/50, which came
> from a list member (thanks, and don't feel so bad about destroying my cell
> phone :-) :-) ), and the other is a 3/60, which came from elsewhere. A
> few monitors, keyboards, and drives made it in there somewhere, also. I
> still have a Sparcserver 490 in my, um, "storage facility" (read: parents'
> garage) that was a stowaway from a trip earlier this year. The Sun
> collection has started.
That's good to hear. I have a number of old Sun3 systems including a
3/50, 3/75, 3/80, 3/160, and a 3/470. Playing around with them is fun,
and shows both how much, and how little, has changed in the world of
Unix systems over the last 15 years.
> Another list member graciously donated two RX01 units, which will
> eventually make their way into some sort of PDP-11.
>
> So far, I'm met 4 list members IRL. I hope to see more of you soon.
>
> The biggest news is that I'm getting some more room. A LOT more room.
> Of course, another way of looking at it is that my wife has decided she's
> a lesbian, wants a divorce, and is moving in with her new girlfriend.
> Either way you see it, I'm going to be making some changes around my
> house. First, all of the traditional living space and sleeping space will
> be compressed into one room. The bathroom, kitchen, and utility room will
> retain their functions. The rest of the house will become my
> retrocomputing playpen. The detached garage, now devoid of her car, will
> make a great storage area for stuff I'm not actively playing with. I
> don't have a large house, but all in all, I estimate I'm getting about 500
> to 750 additional square feet to do stuff in.
Sounds like the possibility of a new wife has already been eliminated :)
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Doug Carman
pdp11_at_bellsouth.net
Received on Sun Nov 11 2001 - 07:07:44 GMT