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I'm in this weird space where I love the idea of a modern OS running on ancient hardware but not having any ancient hardware to run it on. Even if I did, I don't think I could come up with a use case other than "yo wouldn't it be funny to browse SA on my Amiga 1200 and have the whole machine grind to a screeching halt the moment a PNG appears on screen"
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# ? Feb 7, 2023 13:03 |
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# ? May 5, 2024 20:55 |
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"run like poo poo on old hardware" is basically the #1 goal of modern unix
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# ? Feb 7, 2023 13:34 |
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armpit_enjoyer posted:I'm in this weird space where I love the idea of a modern OS running on ancient hardware but not having any ancient hardware to run it on. Even if I did, I don't think I could come up with a use case other than "yo wouldn't it be funny to browse SA on my Amiga 1200 and have the whole machine grind to a screeching halt the moment a PNG appears on screen" I briefly tried netbsd on my pentium 3 computer. couldn't get any remotely modern browsers to run in the first place and everything is javascript now so dillo can't do poo poo with it
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# ? Feb 7, 2023 14:46 |
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:what's the oldest hardware you could ipl netbsd on mfer did you just ( e: 4 weeks ago ) use the term initial program load in the wild, for reals??
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# ? Feb 28, 2023 21:59 |
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:what's the oldest hardware you could ipl netbsd on looks like it's been 15 years since they discontinued the PDP-10 port, does that count e: if not it looks like it's the original VAX-11/780, which 9.3 will reportedly boot on Kazinsal fucked around with this message at 05:35 on Mar 1, 2023 |
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Sweevo posted:"run like poo poo on old hardware" is basically the #1 goal of modern unix "run like poo poo on new hardware" is a secondary goal i think
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# ? Mar 1, 2023 05:38 |
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fresh_cheese posted:mfer did you just ( e: 4 weeks ago ) use the term initial program load in the wild, for reals?? i mean given the expected age of hardware i was referencing, it did seem the more appropriate term
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# ? Mar 1, 2023 05:46 |
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:i mean given the expected age of hardware i was referencing, it did seem the more appropriate term after I recap my vax I am definitely punching in an IPL through the monitor just to say I did
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# ? Mar 1, 2023 09:37 |
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# ? May 5, 2024 20:55 |
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i IPL poo poo multiple times a day, have done for 20 years, and this is the first time its come up organically on the internet for me outside mailing list posts. neat i do kinda want a desktop vax, but my life is hardware and software that does not work and i want to do less janitoring at home not more.
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# ? Mar 1, 2023 12:43 |