20 Jan
2002
20 Jan
'02
2:29 a.m.
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:
Hi.
Does anyone have pointers for detailed documentation? A mouse, maybe?
And which operating system - AIX v2.2, BSD4.3, or AOS - do I want to
run? I'm leaning toward AIX, mostly because I work with "modern" AIX,
but I'm plenty willing to take suggestions. For that matter, what *is*
AOS, anyway?
AIX is a little bit of a hog. AOS is better. AOS is the "Academic
Operating System", or IBM's officially supported version of 4.3BSD.
I just found out that I got in first claim for a
functional RT 6150. I
can't pick it up till tomoroww afternoon, though....
The guy who's giving it away says he "has no boot disk, but it starts
up just fine."!? He also thinks it has 3 drives and is maxed out on
memory. It comes with a display and keyboard, but no docs and no mouse.
I've been googling, and there are a lot of mentions of it, but no real
information.
There is a *lot* of RT information out there. The RT-FAQ is a good place
to start.
This is kind of a special score. I never used
computers at all till
late '95, and started building my own in '96. That spring, I went to
pick up a video card from a guy who had an RT 6151, and it was the first
time I really grasped that the world wasn't all Mac & PC. I've wanted
one ever since.
I guess all things come to those who lurk.
Indeed. I'd love to have an RT.
Peace... Sridhar