> > i'm not going to ask why you're looking for a floppy. > To boot an unconfigured machine? For NetBSD, I need two.
> i've got gentoo running on a 128M ibm thinkpad 570. i'm sure you > could get gentoo running on your celery machine or, now here's a thought, > plan 9. > Point is, the 2.4GHz clock is a lie. It is not 300 times faster than an 8MHz 8088 (only? I would have thought more) and sometimes it doesn't feel like it's any faster at all. And it restricts me in ways the old PC-Clones never did. I won't deny one can do lots more today than in 1983, but it's hardly as much more as Moore's law would suggest. > suit yourself. i'm pretty sure things have gotten better since > dos TSR programs and sneaker nets. > No, jmk is right, we're closer to the wheels falling off. Despite (to bring the thread in line _and_ hopefully, put it to bed) the likes of Plan 9 showing how to tighten the bolts. But, in all truth, I'm not taking an 8088-based laptop to Cape Town with me :-) ++L
