[SunRescue] Q on "optimal" OS for Sun4c machines, now that Solaris 8 won't run

[JamesLockwoodjames at foonly.com]

On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Jonathan Katz wrote:

> I did 2.5.1 on an IPX. Ugh. That wasn't too terrible, though... add in
> CDE and friends and that can get ugly.

I ran 2.4 on a SS2 with a GT console framebuffer for a year.  This
probably explains why I can tolerate almost any degree of slowness.

It's kind of entertaining being able to watch individual pixels being
drawn, though.

-James