[rescue] Re: Re: OH YEA??? [was: Re: Ultra?]

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 06:43:16PM -0700, vraptor at employees.org wrote:

> It's too bad they are still so expensive--I recently priced them
> at like $95 from resellers dealing with old Suns.  I didn't even
> know about the ZX until about 3 weeks ago while trying to get my
> SS20 running (diags came on because of a bad DSIMM--I was too
> impatient and didn't give it a chance to get video output turned
> up before trying to power off/on--then one time I had to answer
> the phone, came back and found it with video on. *doh*).

I wonder what my chances of snagging a copy of World Tool Kit for the
ZX board would be.  They used to have a copy at school.  Bet then,
I've so far been unsuccessfull in convincing them to let me take their
ancient 80 meg tape copy of Franz Allegro Common Lisp away.

I have claimed a ZX board, and when I get it I will be paying far less
than $95 [1].  I don't know what people are using them for.  They make 
crummy 24bit video displays, and there is virtually no software for
them from what I've seen (except for the afore mentioned WTK),
although there were supposedly 3rd party OpenGL drivers.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd

1. Well, I'm quickly learning that what I've claimed or paid for
   doesn't mean a thing.  The only thing that matters is having it my
   hands.  Otherwise who knows if I will ever get it.