RT 6150 Docs (and mouse??)

From: Julius Sridhar <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Sun Jan 20 02:29:47 2002

On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:

> Hi.
> Does anyone have pointers for detailed documentation? A mouse, maybe?
> And which operating system - AIX v2.2, BSD4.3, or AOS - do I want to
> run? I'm leaning toward AIX, mostly because I work with "modern" AIX,
> but I'm plenty willing to take suggestions. For that matter, what *is*
> AOS, anyway?

AIX is a little bit of a hog. AOS is better. AOS is the "Academic
Operating System", or IBM's officially supported version of 4.3BSD.

> I just found out that I got in first claim for a functional RT 6150. I
> can't pick it up till tomoroww afternoon, though....
> The guy who's giving it away says he "has no boot disk, but it starts
> up just fine."!? He also thinks it has 3 drives and is maxed out on
> memory. It comes with a display and keyboard, but no docs and no mouse.
> I've been googling, and there are a lot of mentions of it, but no real
> information.

There is a *lot* of RT information out there. The RT-FAQ is a good place
to start.

> This is kind of a special score. I never used computers at all till
> late '95, and started building my own in '96. That spring, I went to
> pick up a video card from a guy who had an RT 6151, and it was the first
> time I really grasped that the world wasn't all Mac & PC. I've wanted
> one ever since.
> I guess all things come to those who lurk.

Indeed. I'd love to have an RT.

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Sun Jan 20 2002 - 02:29:47 GMT