10 Mar
2005
10 Mar
'05
6:53 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric J Korpela" <korpela at gmail.com>
To: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>; "General Discussion:
On-Topic
Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: Running different OSes on classic hardware (Re: Re installingXP
on Sony)
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 13:51:32 -0500, Ethan Dicks
<ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
wrote:
You can learn boatloads writing a new OS for a classic machine. Many
early mini's had very little software available. Even less of it is
'usable' in
a practical sense.
What if anything is wrong with developing new software for older systems?
This case aside, though, I basically agree with
Tony's assertion that
one should run a classic OS on classic hardware - why put NetBSD on an
Amiga when one can run AmigaDOS? It takes something out of the
'classicalness', IMHO.
It depends upon why you are collecting, I suppose, and what you are
doing with the machines you collect. I tend to collect machines for
the fun of figuring out what makes them tick, and you can learn a lot
by porting an OS to a new machine. You can also learn a lot by
upgrading a machine to the max. You learn boatloads by designing new
hardware for an old machine.