22 Mar
2006
22 Mar
'06
8:36 p.m.
The 7030/3CT (why do you suppose they recycled 7030? shouldn't it have been retired
after Stretch?) is even ummm pokey with AIX 5.1
My 012/370 plods along fairly well with 4.3.3, though. I went into AIX with a bit of
trepidation, having heard the BSDers whisper that it
really stood for Aix Isn't uniX, and that it was mostly "UNIX compatible".
4.3 (and perhaps the rest of the 4.x series) is pretty close, except for some weirdness in
the /etc files (for which smit is a godsend
when you first start out). After banging my head against it a while, I have grown to
admire it. I should get a faster machine, however.
(interesting how RS6Ks and Alphas seem to hold their value much better than
SGI/Sun/HPPAs)