27 Jun
1997
27 Jun
'97
1:35 a.m.
On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Captain Napalm wrote:
It was thus said that the Great DAVID L. ORMAND once
stated:
I no longer use my Coco for word processing, namely for two reasons: I
don't have the space to set it up, and two, it's a bit sluggish (okay, I'm
spoiled - I like having true lower case and a 80x25 screen).
I'd use the uVax more often, but I need to get a new harddrive for it, and
getting one with VMS 4.x pre-installed isn't that easy (not that I've tried
really hard). I'd probably use it for CPU intensive projects, like ray
tracing, and some development work (homebrew project: operating system of my
own design).
I plan to put the '11 to work as my Internet machine. When I get a LAN
in the house (Not Likely), I plan to use it as the server machine. The
point is it probably out-performs my 486. And it's neat. I just wish I
had the programmer's panel for it! I may also make it a webserver
(Assuming I can re-write HTTPD) so I can show off. Or I may just get
lazy like normal and not do any of this :)
I still do my banking/checkbook on the kaypro!
Faster than the PC
overall.
In fact, I'm wondering how widespread my idea is (shared by a
few, apparently) that the smaller, simpler machines really are well
suited for home use, and you don't need a high-end peecee for nearly
everything you want to do.