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Clare Shepherd wrote: > On 7 Nov 2007, at 12:38, Rob Beard wrote: > >> Quoting Clare Shepherd <clareeshepherd@xxxxxxx>: >> >> >>> Where I worked we had a systems guy who hated "pretty", saying it was >>> inefficient. I've always iked a nice GUI but there is something to be >>> said for the old spare efficient methods, Maybe we'll go back to that >>> if the energy gets scarce. Who knows? I am fascinated by some of the >>> old software & hardware, I suppose it's my age, sob, sob, sniffle. >>> >>> Clare (in her 60s) >>> Clare >>> >> Oh I don't know, I'm in my late 20's (29) and I love the old >> technology. When I was growing up I only got to see a handful of >> machines but I was really interested in anything computer related. >> Now much to my other half's annoyance I'm collect old computers (well >> I say collect, I buy them at car boot sales or off e-Bay if they're >> local and can sneak them in). In my selection of old machines I have >> a working VIC20 without a tape deck, an Acorn Electron, a 48k >> Spectrum+ without a power supply, a ZX81 16k ram pack and a couple of >> old consoles. >> >> As much as I like emulation I'd love to play with the actual real >> hardware. >> >> Rob >> >> > Brilliant. I've got a collection of old handhelds, Psions, MP 100s, > Amstrad etc. I'd love one of those old workstations running Unix to > play with, mmmm, eBay, now there's a thought. > > Clare > I used to have a couple of Sun Workstations (I worked at a scientific research facility) which were pretty slow but I managed to get RedHat 6 installed on them. In the end I took them back because the took up too much room! What I really wanted though was one of the DEC Alphas or SGI Indys. Unfortunately they weren't getting rid of those. :-( I do wonder, is there anyone on the list who has successfully managed to get Debian Linux/m68k running on an Atari ST or Commodore Amiga? Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html