24 Apr
2001
24 Apr
'01
8:31 a.m.
From: "Eric J. Korpela" <korpela(a)ellie.ssl.berkeley.edu>
We also had a couple of PC-RT's running
X10 as a windowing system as opposed to X11.
Wow...that brings back memories.
Anyone else use X10 on a BellTech BLIT card under System V/386? Quirky
Intel video processor & all. I still see people using the cheapo BellTech
HUB6 cards. How many have the 8530s unsoldered and replaced with 16550s...
Anyone else use Dell System VR4/386? That was a really nice distro. Much
nicer than Everex, AT&T, Microport, et. al. Yes kids...there was time when
*nix on the i386 wasn't free.
And a couple XTs running some Unix version (PCIX?)
I seem to recall PC/IX. Didn't Venix run on them as well? Anyone else
remeber Venix?
I need to stop the nostalgia now or I'll break into a rousing rendition of
"Where have all the RTs gone?"
Ack. No. I'm sure they are in the same place all of the other
technicalliny interesting, ultimately quirky, underpowered, overpriced &
poorly marketed hardware is.
Ken Seefried, CISSP