31 May
2000
31 May
'00
6:19 p.m.
Yeah, a SPARC10 will run Solaris 8, but I wouldn't
even consider running CDE
on it. My friend runs a SPARCStation 5 (a newer machine) and says it's
almost unusuable, he's gonna slide back to 2.6. I picked this stuff up from
the University of Michigan Property Disposition, or "The Mad Wolverine's
Computer Emporium" where they price equipment using some sort of roulette
wheel as far as I can tell. Quadra 950? $300. RA-82 Hard drive? $1. They've
got a boatload of older Cisco routers right now (IGS, AGS+) for around $50
if someone is in the area and needs one.
Slick. Too bad it's not local. Rutgers used to do the same stuff, back
in the PDP days.
And yes, my girlfriend knows what a SPARCStation 5 is, and can program PERL
in her sleep. Ah, bliss....
Not bad.
My wife does Unix admin -- but she's not a Perl whiz --but she does a
pretty good webmistress job...
Now if she only understood why a quarter of the
basement is taken up by
machines almost older than we are...
Well, my wife would settle with a quarter of the basement and half the
garage.
The disposal sale -- all items must go will begin shortly.
If I can't find the stuff homes they'll hit the trash.
Bill