14 Jul
1999
14 Jul
'99
3:25 a.m.
Hi Jeff,
....that the DG AViiON would be a great addition to
any
collection.
....1. The ultimate Orphan. One of a small handfull of machines
to use Moto's 88000 CPU chipset.
VERY interesting, I've never managed to find a machine which uses that chipset.
What other machines came out using the 88000?
3. Runs DG/UX (subspecies of UNIX). Can't get much
cooler
than that.
Good point.
....1. Make sure you get the software with it, as
replacements
are hard to come by, and ludicrously expensive.
Sounds rather like my AS/400.... :-(
3. No free operating system available for it (no LINUX
or *BSD).
Is this because the technical info required for such a project isn't available,
or hasn't anyone gotten around to it yet?
It seems the former is true in the case of the AS/400. :-(
TTFN - Pete.
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