[rescue] Rescued VAX 4500 question
Stephen D. B. Wolthusen
stephen at wolthusen.com
Mon Jun 10 11:45:24 CDT 2002
Hi,
On 10-Jun-2002 Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 12:31:47PM -0400, Loomis, Rip wrote:
>>
>> I might have said "limited utility these days".
>
> I don't think I've ever heard Dave suggest that we try to use a -8 for
> real work in this day and age. It could be used for typesetting,
> emailing, and web browsing, but I doubt he would want to, or else he
> would be using a new FPGA based -8 clone instead of a G4.
Hm, so that probably turns me into a cycle hog. I mean, I occasionally still
use a VT-78... as a terminal. It's always nice to be able to put some paper
*and* a coffee mug on top of the terminal. I mean, try that with your fancy TFT
panels, right?
--
later,
Stephen
Stephen Wolthusen (stephen at wolthusen.com)
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