15 Sep
2000
15 Sep
'00
4:04 p.m.
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Friday, September 15, 2000 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: Halon dumps: a data point
That depends upon whether or not Algore is elected
president. If he's
The alternates scare me more.
I know what you're thinking. Linux, FreeBSD,
NetBSD, etc. probably
won't stoop to this level, but, do they count enough for manufacturers
to still keep producing hardware for them if Microsoft, and even
manufacturers of commercial UNICES, etc. begin taking that approach
And crazies like me will be running PX-8s with solidstate disks made
from all that huge and very cheap ram out there.
and electricity use is rationed, and those of us here
in the states
can't get enough gasoline or natural gas to power a generator, what
good will our collections of power-hungry real computers over here do
Any my CPM system running on solar/battery will run fine.
Such a dark world your in. Me, I'll keep trucking, I did all those
years before the so called great boom I'm still waiting to ride.
I made it through the '73 oil embargo, and the three after that
too.
If you so doom and gloom try this... WE aka BELL bought vaxen
that ran off 48V... Always wanted one of those BA213s. the
Americas cup racer america carried one of those when PCeees
were still useless. Now are there endless hacking possibilities
or what? How about a 24x365 system that runs off hydro,or maybe
wind... sure it's not going to one of those power nasty 733s but
a laptop no problem.
What may be missed is the internet is about who has info
and what it may cost when it gets hard to find.
Allison