From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Sep 3 11:46:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD7DB37B400 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 11:46:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.web.de (smtp03.web.de [217.72.192.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0648643E42 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 11:46:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Jan.Lentfer@web.de) Received: from [217.82.44.145] (helo=floundjan.homeip.net) by smtp.web.de with esmtp (WEB.DE(Exim) 4.75 #2) id 17mIgj-000557-00; Tue, 03 Sep 2002 20:46:09 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost.lan [127.0.0.1]) by floundjan.homeip.net (Postfix on FreeBSD 4.5) with ESMTP id 0997C383; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:46:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from jan-freebsd.lan (jan-freebsd.lan [192.168.0.22]) by floundjan.homeip.net (Postfix on FreeBSD 4.5) with ESMTP id A905F1D1; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:45:39 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Old machines, not Alpha was:AXPpci33 <-> Sparc sun4c serial cable From: Jan Lentfer To: Wilko Bulte Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20020903201749.F14118@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20020903190239.A48033@gnah.bolet.org> <20020903201749.F14118@freebie.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 03 Sep 2002 20:45:47 +0200 Message-Id: <1031078749.7991.15.camel@jan-freebsd.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-10 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi all, since the topic already started I'd liked to jump in. Do people on this list also run other vintage (non-alpha, NON-X86!!) machines (not the alpha is all vintage, but mine is). If so which? What experiences? What OSes? I just ask because I had the offer to buy a MicroVax II for EUR 150.- but didn't take it because I was unsure if it was really worth it. Of course I know the hardware isn't worth very much anymore, but what about the fun factor of such machines? I also saw a PDP-11/70 (?? one of those in a almost standard tower case) on American ebay with full docu and licenses. Any one got one of these really old machines as a toy? I know it's off topic again, but.... (can't think of any excuses anymore) Thanks in advance, Jan -- Jan Lentfer System Administrator Molecular Cell Biology / AG Holstein, Darmstadt University of Technology, Schnittspahnstr. 10, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany Tel: +49 6151 16 5563 / Tel private: +49 6151 788415 / mobile: +49 163 4712037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message