[SunRescue] Rescued a Model 712/60

[Joshua D. Boyd]

Which SGI mips boxen do you have?  If they are r3k based or indigos, then
they probably won't ever be worked on.  Otherwise, unless you really are
rolling in dough, linux probably already runs.  Depends on which box you
have how well it runs, but that's always the way it is...

--
Joshua Boyd

On Wed, 30 May 2001, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> > I'd recommend nextstep...  that's what my 712/80 is running, and I've been
> > happiest there out of HPUX, NeXTstep, and linux...  (though, admittedly,
> > I haven't tried linux on it for about a year, and it was not ready for
> > prime time when I was playing with/developing on it).  NeXTstep is
> > extremely pretty if you are lucky enough to have gotten a 712 with the
> > 24bit "artist" graphics (what mine has).
> 
> how is nextstep headless? i've used HP-UX and i'll pretty much do anything i
> can to avoid it.  the last think i need is ANOTHER monitor on my desk.
> 
> > They'd be a nice little RISC workstation if you could get a good OS onto
> > one.  (like a linux port that didn't suck).
> 
> i'm holding off until NetBSD supports it, or maybe i'll take some initiative
> and try to get NetBSD on it myself, although i thinks the SGI MIPS boxen i
> have will get worked on before the HP.
> 
> -brian
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