Small UNIX boxes (was RE: Netscape (was Re: PayPal = payola?))

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Wed Jan 30 19:56:32 2002

On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Julius Sridhar wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Tothwolf wrote:
>
> > > > > Yes, I would. I've installed NetBSD on an IBM PS/1.
> > > >
> > > > I believe I have one of these systems out in storage, but it is lacking a
> > > > hard drive. The one I have has (I think) 3 cables that connect the display
> > > > to the computer. I guess I should find it and see exactly what it is.
> > >
> > > It isn't worth it. They are slow, useless PC's that have parts of DOS
> > > burned into ROM.
> >
> > Woo...sounds like a real challenge then :)
> > I'll save it as a project for a slow month sometime.
>
> They're beyond challenging. They're painful. Every thing that could
> be badly designed, is.

Well now, that sounds like my kind of project :)

Is the PS/1 computer I described even the same one you mentioned?

-Toth
Received on Wed Jan 30 2002 - 19:56:32 GMT