You forgot about the weight.....
If it doesn't have enough mass to border on creating a "black hole", all
the while consuming enormous amounts of energy....
: )
- Matt
At 10:09 AM 1/4/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>If it doesn't have wheels, it isn't really a computer.
>
>On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Pat Finnegan wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Ron Hudson wrote:
> >
> > > Yup, I could "help" them, probably set the effort back
> > > at least a year... :^)
> > >
> > > > On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 19:46, Boatman on the River of Suck wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Why not just get a VAX (or two or three?)
> > >
> > > $$ and X*Y*Z (money and space) :^)
> >
> > Also: speed. Sorry, but the new Dual ath 1.4G I hope to get with Xmas
> > money would be tons faster than and old VAX 8650. Not as fun to play with
> > the little computer, but much easier to carry without a pallet mover.
> >
> > >
> > > >>
> > > >> Peace... Sridhar
> > >
> >
> > I have not-too-much experince with VMS, so bear with me, but wouldn't it
> > be possible to do one of the following options:
> >
> > 1) Stick an 'emulation' user-mode shell on top of some free *nix
> >
> > 2) Take a stock free *nix kernel, and modify it to work more like VMS.
> >
> > While #1 (should) be rather trivial if all the catches fit into the kernel
> > hooks (and a bit of coersion for the stranger details), #2 still saves
> > quite a bit of work by having a framework of usable device drivers, kernel
> > scheduler, vm, memory manangement, etc. etc. etc. Changing around the
> > kernel's API just enuf to work wouldn't be too much of a problem. Leaving
> > the essentials in place could mean compatibility with some existing *nix
> > software even, and things like VMWare which would help greatly with
> > development efforts.
> >
> > Of course, the problem is deciding what ONE kernel to use (prolly BSD or
> > Linux 2.??), and how to trim down the kernel to a small set of drivers for
> > testing it.
> >
> > Well, as a student, and long-time programmer (compared to other 20yr
> > olds), that's my $0.02.
> >
> > --Pat
> >
> >
>
>M. K. Peirce
>
>Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
>Shady Lea, Rhode Island
>
>"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
>
> - Ovid
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