On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Ron Hudson wrote:
> Actually my main server machine (beehive) linux redhat 7.somthing
> has about 11gb on it free.
My network has about, oh, 6TB or so. But:
> Which is more fun, a linux with a hidden VAX server in my network
> or A Windows 95/linux laptop running simh VAX
The lappy! I have made several older techies *drool* during
flights. I travel business class (nevermind that), so usually
have enough space to work. One time, on a flight from Amsterdam
to SFO, I was working on some weirdish Ultrix crashing thing on
SimH/VAX, and this guy comes up, asking "hey... is that Linux on
your laptop? I couldnt help but noticing the UNIX command lines,
soo.."
Heh. He nearly fell over when shown that it was Win2K, running
SimH/VAX with Ultrix-32 on it. It then took only ten minutes
to get him moved towards me, and a serial cable laid out to
his lappy, as a terminal. We had fun the entire flight, and
still do lots of email :) He knew UNIX, but preferred VMS, so
now travels with Simh/VAX running OpenVMS 7.1 including all
gadgets he could think of... I believe he got an extra lappy
just for that.
*DAMN* why cant we use WLAN inflight :(
> portable vs powerful ...hmm. How does VAX mail hook up to the outside
> world?
Just regular SMTP.
Cheers,
Fred
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Received on Mon Dec 01 2003 - 22:12:32 GMT