Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 23:28:05 +0200 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely5.cicely.de> To: Jan Lentfer <Jan.Lentfer@web.de> Cc: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Old machines, not Alpha was:AXPpci33 <-> Sparc sun4c serial cable Message-ID: <20020903212805.GB82356@cicely5.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <1031078749.7991.15.camel@jan-freebsd.lan> References: <20020903190239.A48033@gnah.bolet.org> <20020903201749.F14118@freebie.xs4all.nl> <1031078749.7991.15.camel@jan-freebsd.lan>
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On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 08:45:47PM +0200, Jan Lentfer wrote: > 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) I'm running a bunch of Sun3 (2x 3/50 2x 3/60 3/110) with NetBSD, a May Basic Four GPx7050 (an SMP 80386 with VME) with their own Unix (Sequent AFAIK), and some sun4m machines under NetBSD and Solaris. Photos on http://www.cosmo-project.de/~bernd/cicely-pics -- B.Walter COSMO-Project http://www.cosmo-project.de ticso@cicely.de Usergroup info@cosmo-project.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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