[rescue] SS10/20 death
Robert Rose
rr at rits.com.au
Wed Feb 6 05:13:37 CST 2002
OK, I'll play too...
At 09:25 PM 5/02/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> >> First video game console: Fairchild Channel F
Um, I never owned one.
> >> First computer: TI-99/4A
Commodore VIC-20 (might also count as first video game console if you want)
> >> First computer that I really got into: Amiga 1000
An original IBM-PC that I rescued in 1990.
> >> First Sun: 3/50 with 19" mono monitor. 1995.
4/370 surplus from work in 1996.
> >> First SPARC: SPARCstation 1 that I paid $700 for in 1995
Sparc 10/512 that I paid $1k for in 1997.
> >> First SMP machine: Dual-66Mhz BeBox
Sparc 10 as above.
> >> First SMP SPARC: SS10, dual SM41s
And again.
> >> Favorite machine: Probably that first SS1. It kicked ass.
Surprisingly, not the Sparc 10. At the moment the O2.
> >> "biggest" computer I've had an account on: E6500 at work.
E10K, 40 x 400MHz.
Do mainframes count? If Sridhar plays then I guess so. In that case, I
should probably mention that I work for a sub-contractor to IBM and have an
account one one of their internal systems. Mmmm.. big!
Rob.
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