9 May
2005
9 May
'05
5:15 p.m.
On Mon, 9 May 2005 23:56:17 +0100 (BST)
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
I consider 'classic UNIX hardware' to be anything that isn't a PC,
especially machines specifically designed for UNIX. I have an Altos
586, an 8086 machine that is completely NOT a pee-cee. It runs a Xenix
produced by Microsoft (pre-SCO) and is classic hardware. And is
evidence of a slice of history now mostly forgotten, i.e. the days of
Microsoft before the IBM-PC deal, when they were actually a UNIX vendor
for the 8086 processor. Early Sun boxes are also classic. My oldest
Power1 RS/6000 box is classic hardware.
Truly classic UNIX would be DEC hardware running 'Ancient UNIX' of
course.
Not sure if
you're trolling :-) but I would HOPE that the "10 year
rule" is invalid and that the new rule is "anything that ISN'T what
is currently sold today". Meaning, Windows PCs and Mac OS X --
everything else, being around 10
One minor problem (I hope...). Unix-like OSes and machines to run are
still sold today, in that I can go to a PC shop and buy a modern PC
and a book with a Linux CD-ROM in the back....
Now this list is not appropriate for linux discussions in general
(there are many better places for such things), but surely we can talk
about old unix boxen...
-tony