Re: [OT] Was re: [gentoo-user] system uptime

2015-09-01 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 31 August 2015 16:39:26 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 31/08/2015 15:41, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I won't tell you what systems used a 24-bit processor and 12 or 16 KB of > > 2us core store backed by a 2MB disk (three feet in diameter), for fear of > > frightening you.;-) > > Nah, I

Re: [OT] Was re: [gentoo-user] system uptime

2015-08-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 31/08/2015 15:41, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday 31 August 2015 11:42:28 Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 31/08/2015 10:50, Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> The desktop machine I'm referring to (an Amari "workstation") dates from >>> 2009. It has an i5 processor, 16GB RAM* and two 2GB SSDs as the main

Re: [OT] Was re: [gentoo-user] system uptime

2015-08-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 31/08/2015 15:41, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday 31 August 2015 11:42:28 Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 31/08/2015 10:50, Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> The desktop machine I'm referring to (an Amari "workstation") dates from >>> 2009. It has an i5 processor, 16GB RAM* and two 2GB SSDs as the main