what makes it enjoyable hardware? when is it classic? anything that's older than 10y or what?
it's surely fun to install plan9 on a hundred random computers and get lucky and have everything work. but that's just not been my experience. so instead i learned to be a little bit picky about the hardware avoiding having to write drivers for everything that doesn't work. just curious what kind of "classic" you're going for, i wasn't trying to chastise you. IDE isn't *that* old either. we have other people playing with pdp emulators. in my experience with those expensive energy prices where i live the only thing expensive would be if you keep a lot of PCs running at the same time 24/7. On 12/31/21, vic.thac...@fastmail.fm <vic.thac...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, at 03:01, hiro wrote: >> let's not pretend there's something great that you would miss out on >> without the combination of IDE hardware and the half-assed support for >> it in 4th edition. >> >> i don't know what aspect exactly of "classic" computing motivates you >> to recommend this struggle, vick. > > With 9front cancel culture/tribalism aside, I find making "classic" Plan 9 > work on hardware to be enjoyable. It is an inexpensive hobby and the sense > of discovery is still there. I never thought that I'd have to justify my > use of Plan 9 on 9fans. > > Happy New Year! > > Vester "Vic" Thacker ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5888591114a7cf34-M4872739044c6fba283487067 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
