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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