a 600MHz P3 is adequate (my old single brain-dead config as mr chaote called it). my 3GHz cpu server is blindingly fast.
for a terminal a P1 is fine. brucee On 2/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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 > >
