#: 21379 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    01-Mar-96  20:55:12
Sb: #21377-#MM-1 users?
Fm: John R. Wainwright 72517,676
To: Jim Peasley [CA] 72726,1153 (X)

 > Any MM-1 users still out there?
 >
 > What'cha using it for these days?
 >
 > ...Jim
 > Hey, its been a long time, Jim,
 Sure. There are still a fair number of MM/1 users around.  Some have left CIS
and hang out on the Delphi OS9 forum, but there are a few of us still here.

 My MM/1 has grown since I last talked to you.  It now has a 68340 CPU (sort of
a modified 68020), 9 Megs RAM, a CDROM and a tape drive along with 3 Hard
drives of various sizes.

 It runs TeX/LaTeX2E, and Ghostscript, so I can produce and read Postscript
documents as impressive as any PC or Mac.  (With another program I wrote to
produce Postscript drawings on the MM/1).

 It sends faxes -- I'm working on receiving them GRIN,-- but if I do that, the
486 next to it will lose another job.  If I come up with an OSK scanner
interface and a Graphical WEB browser, the 486 will get buried in dust bunnies.
(Or at least dump messydos completely and run LINUX and OS-9000.)

 It keeps records for my business (SCULPTOR), and allows access from a surplus
cheap terminal and modem at the office.

 Does all my CIS and DELPHI forum and email message work.

 Finally, and best of all, it allows me to snicker quietly at those who think
Windoze-94.9996 (Pentium) is the ultimate system.

John Wainwright

There is 1 Reply.