6 Mar
2005
6 Mar
'05
9:45 p.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 20:41:38 -0700, Doc Shipley
<doc at mdrconsult.com> wrote:
Hmmm. The pedigree of the install code I'm using is, ummm, "murky"
at best. I *think* it's the original v2.1 tape and floppy images, but I
wouldn't be lunch that they're pristine. Known-original install images
would be verrah nyhze....
I have to say that even the CLI is horrible on a 1084 display. I
have to turn the contrast waaayyy down to keep text mode from vibrating.
The internal flicker-fixer and a good multisync helps a lot, though.
Mark Davidson wrote:
>Oh man, I would *love* to have AmigaUnix running on an Amiga...
As would I. I have enough of the hardware (even a Viking Moniterm
card and monitor - 1008 x 1008 4-grey oddball framebuffer - 19"
version of the A2024), and even have the install images, somewhere. I have a 25MHz slab and an upgraded Cube... fun stuff.
It really
helps, of course, that it's not trying to slog around 24-bits worth of
framebuffer info. One bane of any older platform is when there are
lots of colors and moving windows to deal with.
Very, very true. And let's not forget the 19.2MB JPEG background
image. ;)
Doc