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

From: Lawrence Walker <lgwalker_at_mts.net>
Date: Wed Jan 30 20:27:03 2002

Once you've bypassed the Stub in ROM which had the quad menu they are
as useful as any box of that era. My 2133 386 was the equal of any of the
clones and also with IBM support. I have a PS/1 2111 286 that has a great
display (the PSU was in the monitor module) and ran Win better than most
of the other clones and the the 5170 as well.

Lawrence

> 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.
>
> Peace... Sridhar
>



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