On Friday 26 December 2003 10:32 pm, Robert wrote: > Hello Lance, > > Friday, December 26, 2003, 8:25:10 PM, you wrote: > > LL> Yes, I still use DOS, on a variety of machines (an 8088, 286 & 486). > None of LL> these have (or ever will have) a Linux distro on it (that's on > the "modern" LL> machine in use here). as far as using Linux on the earlier > machines - not LL> bloody likely! DOS does more & better from the command > line on those LL> machines & I see no pressing reason to change. > > I don't see it as an 'either - or' issue. > > I currently have machines running DOS, Windows (3.1 for workgroups), > 95, 98se, NT (workstation and server), OS/2, Linux Red Hat 7, and > FreeBSD 4.8. > > Each has something about it that I like... and programs that won't run > on the other OS's. > > DOS is nice on a personal computer, but I don't know if I would want > to try using it on a server, on a workstation that had multiple > processors. > > > -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ > -weblog http://radio.weblogs.com/0128450/ > A business is as honest as its advertisements.
Robert has a good point. I joined this list some time ago to keep up with things old and new concerning older hardware as I have a room full of it upstairs. Since joining I have switched from running Win98SE to several different distros of Linux on my main system, which is setup to boot into DOS, Win98SE, BeOS, Red Hat 8.0 or Slackware 9.1. This system is not a barn burner by current standards, (PII-333 Mhz), but it runs plenty fast enough for me in Slack 9.1 which is my current fav OS. I mostly just read comments by others on this list, and I enjoy all points of view on any given subject. One day I hope to have my workshop setup to begin putting the old hardware to use with plans to sell some and will give some to my kids and their kids. But mostly I will just enjoy putting the old stuff back into operation, no doubt some with DOS, some with Windows and some with Linux. Until then I'll just keep reading the posts and enjoy listening to people talk about my favorite subject! Just a message from Doug... --------------------------------------------- http://users.adelphia.net/~slugg0/ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
