[SunRescue] Rescued a Model 712/60

[Sam Creasey]

Computer games don't affect kids. I mean if Pacman affected our generation as
kids, we'd all run around in a darkened room munching pills and listening to
repetitive music.
        -- Unknown

On Wed, 30 May 2001, Mike Nicewonger 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).
>
> 24 bit? I have *never* seen a 24 bit card. I have seen the extra video
> memory for the 712's that enables 1600 x 1200 x 8
>
> I have to agree with you the 712 & 715's are a joy to run NeXTStep on :)

Nextstep (along with something else, can't remember what) definately
identifies it as 24 bit...  and, well, a simple color selector wheel type
gradient thing shows it's pretty obviously not 8bit...

I'm also sure because I remember the discussion of which poor SOB would
have to eventually write a linux driver for it. :)

if only I could get a decent monitor back on the machine (I took the HP
monitor on it and strapped it to a sufficiently fast box (second head on
my athlon 550).  I've got a decent Sony 15" on it now, but the microswitch
for brightness+ is broken, so everything is very dark until I get around
to desoldering the old switch and attaching a new one.

-- Sam