4 Aug
2006
4 Aug
'06
7:06 p.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
Sorry for such a late reply, but all of my boxen (save a Mac that's in
such bad condition it's nothing but a few pieces of metal and the
motherboard plus psu which is also dead, could use the mobo for
something) are all i386 or better. I would really love to get my hands
on a SPARC box, or some money to pay for said box (hell, shipping ain't
free). I responded to a email a friend forwarded to me from this list
(beforee i subscribed) about some sparcs, but shipping was well over 150
dollars, and that's about all the money i've had for the last 3 years
combined (I am rather poor...)
No, I do NOT have a job, nor could I pass a piss-test to get one.
--
The real problem with C++ for kernel modules is: the language just sucks.
-- Linus Torvalds
I am a 16 year
old high school student who works with computer daily. I
perfer to work with older systems (386s are fun!) because they are just
so damned reliable. Mainly, I do software development, but when I have
time, I uhh... can't remember.
Welcome to the list!
I'm curious, what makes you consider them so reliable? Are you saying
they're more reliable than modern x86 hardware? I'm curious as I can
understand many of the motivations for collecting other hardware, but
not x86 PC's. I assume you're not running some bizarre OS, that requires
the hardware, that and interfacing with strange hardware that you need and
won't work with newer systems are about the only reason besides games that
makes sense to me.
At the same time my own dislike of PC Hardware of that vintage might be
colouring my perception. After all, most of the systems I run don't make
sense to most people.
Zane