No, I haven't. Actually I thought it would be fun to play around with but the machine doesn't have a network card so I wouldn't be able to use the internet with it. I'm not even sure of the differences between Xenix and Minix. Thanks though.
Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 11:38 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Windows more stable than Linux: Stratus > > I dug them out of the closet today. These floppies are, unfortunately, > 3.5". But, regardless, I would still be interested in helping you get > Xenix running on it. Have you considered Minix? > > -D > > On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 14:15, Jeff Crosby wrote: > > I wonder too. I happen to have a working 5160 but it only has a 5.25-inch > > (360KB) floppy drive. It's not real fancy but it does work. Also, it has a > > 20 meg hard drive and the upgraded 640k of ram. Do you think your floppies > > are okay? > > > > Jeff > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 9:17 PM > > Subject: RE: [brlug-general] Windows more stable than Linux: Stratus > > > > > > > > > > I still have a floppy-based distribution of Xenix. Very old, I wonder > > > if the floppies still work. > > > > > > -D > > > > > > On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 17:16, Edmund Cramp wrote: > > > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=xenix+microsoft > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > > > > > Of Nashid Hasan > > > > > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 4:34 PM > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > Subject: [brlug-general] Windows more stable than Linux: Stratus > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Below is an excerpt of an article from ZDNet Australia..... > > > > > Read the last line and tell me what your reaction > > > > > is..........well, my reaction is I AM FUMING....... > > > > > > > > > > It's one thing to say Windows is more stable than Linux but > > > > > when someone makes a comment that Linux is not suitable for > > > > > modern computing they are stepping over the line..... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "One thing where Linux is better is Microsoft doesn't have the Unix > > > > > culture," he said. "[The Unix culture] is going to be much more > > > > > comfortable on Linux, and the applications will port more easily to > > > > > Linux than to Windows." However, he added Linux is "based on > > > > > 70's Unix", > > > > > and doesn't fit well on modern computers. > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > Here is the link to it: > > > > > http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20272277,00.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > General mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
