Subj : Re: Good Place to Find Retro Computers
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : tenser
Date : Tue Aug 24 2021 08:06:19

On 23 Aug 2021 at 09:33a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...
 
 pF> I've been setting up a compact home lab, and have wanted to find a
 pF> small, cheap retro Linux box to play with. A shoebox Sparcstation like
 pF> an LX or IPX would be great, if anyone has a line on a place to buy one
 pF> of those (or *any* other older *nix systems) I'd love to find out about
 pF> it.

I hate to be "that guy", especially since this is a retro group,
but if you're going to run Linux anyway, why go for a retro piece
of gear?  I honestly think you'd be better off with a low-power
ARM or Atom device with an SSD.

Trust me, I lived on those old SPARC machines and it wasn't all it
was cracked up to be. :-)

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