[rescue] speaking of RS/6000s

Jonathan C. Patschke jp at celestrion.net
Wed Apr 20 23:40:07 CDT 2005


On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Patrick Finnegan wrote:

> You can run AIX through 5.1, but 4.3 is probably better if you don't
> have a lot of memory.  Ebay usually has decent prices on media (<$50).

Definitely 4.3.3.  5.1 is dog-slow on a 250.  However, if you don't need
a lot of speed, 250s make great Xterms and such.

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