Subj : Re: Good Place to Find Retro Computers
To   : tenser
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Aug 24 2021 08:13:00

-=> tenser wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 te> On 23 Aug 2021 at 09:33a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

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

I meant to say *nix.

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

I worked on a Sparc II back in 1997-1999 - maxxed out on RAM, with a Weitek 
Power-Up chip, it was a great little box. With a 19" monitor and a type 5 
keyboard, I ended up using it as a daily driver, backup DNS server and a 
file server.

                              
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