[SunRescue] we're all just spoiled (was: re: IPC)

[Mike Hebel]

*waaahhh!!!*  Baby wants Ultra 60 free from an anonymous doner! *sucks
thumb*

Ok, maybe I am a little spoiled. ;-)

Truthfully though I started out really learning on an old IBM portable (I
forget the number) with a tape drive because at the time floppies were
8-inch.  It was great!  I loved Whumpus.  However it took more than a little
time to do _anything_ on that system.

The painful times are when you use an XT (so to speak) when you really need
an Athlon.  Having not been "rich" like some of the friends that I went to
school with - I've more than gotten used to this.  Like many on this list
I'm sure, the people around me are amazed at what you can actually _do_ with
an "old" computer. *grin*

You just have to remember you're driving a VW Bug instead of a Jaguar. ;-)

Mike Hebel

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From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of Bill Bradford
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 2:46 PM
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Subject: [SunRescue] we're all just spoiled (was: re: IPC)


On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 01:09:01PM -0500, Mike Hebel wrote:
> Serious question Bob, why X?  Can you "really" get anything done on a
system
> this slow?  Or are you thinking have X and using it as an X-Terminal?  No
> Flamebait intended on this one.
> (Personally I've just avoided it out of hand on boxes this slow.)
> Just curious.
> Mike Hebel

Think about it guys - this was once a SOLD, SUPPORTED FACTORY CONFIG!

People were *glad* to have machines like this!

We're all just spoiled rotten with machines now.  Once upon a time, this was
the latest "hot box".  People would kill to have their own SPARCs on their
desk...

Bill

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Bill Bradford
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Austin, TX
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