1 Dec
2003
1 Dec
'03
2:36 p.m.
On Monday, December 1, 2003, at 10:12 PM, Fred N. van Kempen wrote:
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Ron Hudson wrote:
yup lappy it is. The linux on the laptop (sputnik - it's a Toshiba
sattlite) has about 3.6 gb free. So I could run Simh/VAX/VMS in
the background and telnet into localhost to login?
Actually my main server machine (beehive) linux
redhat 7.somthing
has about 11gb on it free.
My network has about, oh, 6TB or so. But:
> Which is more fun, a linux with a hidden VAX server in my network
> or A Windows 95/linux laptop running simh VAX The lappy! I have made several older techies *drool*
during
flights. I travel business class (nevermind that), so usually
have enough space to work. One time, on a flight from Amsterdam
to SFO, I was working on some weirdish Ultrix crashing thing on
SimH/VAX, and this guy comes up, asking "hey... is that Linux on
your laptop? I couldnt help but noticing the UNIX command lines,
soo.."
If you are going to run unix, why simulate a vax and run vax unix
when you can run linux directly? :^) does Ultrix have advantages
over linux?
Heh. He nearly fell over when shown that it was Win2K, running
SimH/VAX with Ultrix-32 on it. It then took only ten minutes
to get him moved towards me, and a serial cable laid out to
his lappy, as a terminal. We had fun the entire flight, and
still do lots of email :) He knew UNIX, but preferred VMS, so
now travels with Simh/VAX running OpenVMS 7.1 including all
gadgets he could think of... I believe he got an extra lappy
just for that.
*DAMN* why cant we use WLAN inflight :(
portable vs powerful ...hmm. How does VAX mail
hook up to the outside
world?
Just regular SMTP.
Cheers,
Fred
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