27 Sep
2011
27 Sep
'11
1:01 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: iank at vulcan.com
Sent: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:34:19 -0700
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org, cctech at classiccmp.org
Subject: WinNT on multiple platforms (was RE: IBM Model M keyboard repair
tip)
I saw that multi-platform NT being demo'd at a show in San Jose when
I lived there in the 90's. They had windows NT running on various
workstations-- that was the last time I actually had hope that maybe processor diversity
on the desktop wasn't dead after all.
Last week, some guy was selling a shrink wrapped, licensed copy of
that very OS. He wanted $50. I just shook my head.
jeff
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-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Steven Hirsch
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 4:42 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only
Subject: Re: IBM Model M keyboard repair tip
[snip]
This is getting way off-topic, but somewhere I have a WinNT 4 CD with
PowerPC, MIPS and Alpha versions on it.
Hey look, a new subject line! :-)
I remember working with NT4 on all of those when I was first at
Microsoft, back in the mid-late '90s. Developers loooooved the Alpha
machines: their local builds ran way faster than on those Pentium pigs.
Having a DEC UWS was a bigger perk than having a window office. -- Ian