[rescue] using a SparcClassic X for its intended purpose

[Jochen Kunz]

On 2003.01.24 12:11 Frank Van Damme wrote:

[SparcClassic X as X terminal]
> It'll be pretty sssslllllloooooowwwwwww, but work.
Mostly due to the slow CG3.

> Also, don't run linux on a sun4c processor.
NetBSD is not Linux and the SparcClassic is sun4m, not sun4c. See also:
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/sparc/faq.html#sparclinux-sun4c

> It gets slower and slower - some non-implemented feature
> on the cpu, a little bug into the kernel that ain't worth repairing
> because it's such an old box,...
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Typical Linux attitude.
The NetBSD folks care much more about "obsolete" Machines /
architectures. Think about NetBSD/VAX.
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         Jochen

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