On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, at 21:42, Lucio De Re wrote:
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>
> Just my perspective. I'd like to hear how Vic sees this kind of cyber
> archeology. Or anyone else's views, for that matter.
I don't have much to say about cyber archeology. I am simply grateful to see
Plan 9 (4th edition), 9front,
yeah, this mostly fits my experience. usable hardware has become
virtually free. the result being that people throw them at me and i
have so many computers that i can use a dedicated one for every little
project.
the only reason for me to ever consider newer gear (like rpi or modern
thinkpads) is
On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, at 20:55, hiro wrote:
> what makes it enjoyable hardware? when is it classic? anything that's
> older than 10y or what?
I suppose classic could be any x86 based computer system that came out about
the same time as Plan 9 fourth edition. Someone once referred to Plan 9
On 12/31/21, hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> so instead i learned to be a little bit picky about the hardware
> avoiding having to write drivers for everything that doesn't work.
>
The Lenovo Thinkpad T68 I managed to lay my hands on wasn't that cheap
and came with an Atheros based wi-fi card.
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
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
