Subj : mc and glib
To : Maurice Kinal
From : Benny Pedersen
Date : Sun Jan 16 2022 12:49 pm
Hello Maurice!
09 Jan 2022 00:53, Maurice Kinal wrote to Benny Pedersen:
BP>> with is good as a dec_alpha ready from 29 yaers ago :)
MK> I wouldn't know.
you are still young then
MK> 29 years ago there was only sparc(s) as far as I had
+1
MK> access to. The mainframe was a dec but 32-bit VAX/VMS on there with a
MK> bunch of 9 track tape drives.
8" floppy drives
MK> I heard it took roughly 24 hours to
MK> boot the damn thing up.
it was just like 1kw energi at boot :=)
MK> I never actually witnessed a bootup but the
MK> source of that information was reliable so I went along with it.
it was when gopher was the ting used for dokument serving, atleast gopher in bash was not impossible
MK> I got offered a 64-bit alpha - free but I had to pay the shipping -
+1
MK> after they got sold to compaq. If I am not mistaken Tru64 was the OS
MK> of choice at that time. I think x86_64 is the only architecture that
MK> can run 32-bit libs/apps.
i remember Tru64, but not what commes next
BP>> only amiga needs it
MK> Highly unlikely to ever see the light of day here.
i wish amiga gui and programs worked on linux today, but no its just a dream, a damm good loose for others
MK> I don't do
MK> emulators. What for?
amiga os can run on linux libvirt, google icarus iso
how does gopher work now ? :)
Regards Benny
... too late to die young :)
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