From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Sep 3 14:30: 6 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 6E8BD37B400 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 14:30:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEA8F43E65 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 14:29:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ticso@cicely5.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (cicely5.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301:200:92ff:fe9b:20e7]) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g83LTs6i049030 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Tue, 3 Sep 2002 23:29:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely5.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g83LTKFJ082598 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Tue, 3 Sep 2002 23:29:21 +0200 (CEST)?g (envelope-from ticso@cicely5.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.1/8.12.1/Submit) id g83LS5mC082579; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 23:28:05 +0200 (CEST)?g (envelope-from ticso) Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 23:28:05 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Jan Lentfer Cc: Wilko Bulte , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Old machines, not Alpha was:AXPpci33 <-> Sparc sun4c serial cable Message-ID: <20020903212805.GB82356@cicely5.cicely.de> Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de References: <20020903190239.A48033@gnah.bolet.org> <20020903201749.F14118@freebie.xs4all.nl> <1031078749.7991.15.camel@jan-freebsd.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1031078749.7991.15.camel@jan-freebsd.lan> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely5.cicely.de 5.0-CURRENT i386 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i 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 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