28 Jan
2005
28 Jan
'05
7:26 a.m.
RE: people who use classic computers as their primary
machine, not
including those of you on the list who work for computer museums --
That'd be me. Or almost.
My primary house machine is a SS20. I can't recall exactly when the 20
came out. I find some SS20 books on docs.sun.com with copyright dates
in 1997 and 1998, but I don't know whether those are originals or
later-revised editions.
I have other central house machines that are definitely classic in the
classiccmp sense of ">10yr old". My house DNS server is a Sun-3/60 and
my house gateway is a SPARCstation IPX, though neither is really "my
primary machine".
I'm very curious how many of you exist.
Only one of me. Can't say about any others. :-)
And, do you use classic computers by 1.) choice, 2.)
lack of budget,
or 3.) technological need (that is, legacy connectivity)...?
Mostly 1, with a bit of 2. I do have some non-"classic" machines; for
example, my "fast cpu" box is an Athlon 2600, and I have another that's
a K6-2/500. But the bulk of my collection (90%?) is old stuff.
(It's one thing to request the PostScript file
here in the classiccmp
list, but how do you handle it in the real world, where people may
tell you "Sorry, our company only does business in Microsoft"...?
I tell them "then go find someone else". (Actually, I usually don't
even get close enough to such places for the question to arise.)
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