Subj : Re: Home Lab
To   : Moondog
From : Dennisk
Date : Fri May 08 2020 08:54:00

-=> Moondog wrote to Dennisk <=-

 Mo>   Re: Re: Home Lab
 Mo>   By: Dennisk to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu May 07 2020 09:06 am

 > -=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Dennisk <=-
 >
 >  -=> Dennisk wrote to Paulie420 <=-
 >
 >  De> this.  I'd rather find more efficient ways to work with the machine,
 >  De> than spend money.
 >
 > pF> Anyone can solve a probem by throwing money at it.  :)
 >
 > Anyone with money to throw away that is.  But it isn't the money which bothe
 > me.  It is otherwise good equipment thrown into landfill, wasting resources,
 > leeching toxins into the soil.  It is the churn of natural resources to rebu
 > technology over and over and over again to do the same tasks.  It is the was
 > of human labour and effort reinventing the wheel, restarting, resetting,
 > reprogramming.  I can't abide by waste and hate squandering what we have.
 > People are criminally wasteful.  There is always justification for doing thi
 > but most of it doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
 >
 >  pF> When I discovered Lubuntu and got rid of XP on my single-core T43, I
 >  pF> was pleasantly surprised and got a couple of years more life. A cheap
 >  pF> PATA SSD gave it a few more years, and I ended up using the same laptop
 >  pF> for over 10 years (after it was already obsolete)
 >
 > Wait until you discover Puppy Linux or LTSP, then you'll get years more.  Wh
 > I was younger and living with my family, I had my machine set up as a Linux
 > Terminal Server, which allowed my sister on the Pentium 100, using a boot
 > floppy, to log directly into my computer using an account, and browse the
 > internet.
 >
 > pF> ... Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
 >  pF> --- MultiMail/DOS v0.52
 >  pF>  = Synchronet = realitycheckBBS -- http://realitycheckBBS.org
 >
 > ... Dennis Katsonis

 Mo> Puppy linux has helped me re-purpose several pc's.  I have a pc running
 Mo> FreeDOS, and there's times I need to transfer files from a thumb drive
 Mo> or network to it, so I'll pop in a Puppy boot CD to access those
 Mo> devices.

 Mo> ---
 Mo>  = Synchronet = The Cave BBS - Since 1992 - cavebbs.homeip.net

There are USB drivers for DOS, right?  I'm sure I've seen some.  Add to that a
DOS TCP stack and tools, like mTCP, you should be good to go.  That being said,
nothing wrong with using Puppy instead.

.... Dennis Katsonis
--- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
 þ Synchronet þ Mind's Eye - mindseye.ddns.net - Melbourne Australia

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