I wish I would have bought the Workgroup Server 95 instead of the Workgroup Server 60 I bought way back when. I was steered away from the 95 due to it's UNIX base and concern that the staff would be unable to handle crashes in my absence. However, after running A/UX 3.1.1 on a Quadra 650 and that very Workgroup Server 60 (which is a 25Mhz model with full 040), I am really sorry that I didn't go that way.
It doesn't crash! And although AppleShare Pro isn't a speed daemon today, it would have been great back then! Instead I dealt with AppleShare 4.0, System 7.1, and the assorted random crashes. Now that I have these two A/UX 3.1.1 installations running on 040s with max RAM and a 3.0.2 installed on a IICX with 80MB RAM, I think I will actually be able to use them for menial tasks that they are perfect for. Heck if nothing else, I've got a telnet terminal window available to watch packet traffic on my router ports. Plus I get to play with a bunch of old software that was collecting an equal amount of dust until recently. Remember Live Picture? Wild program. Bummer about A/UX is lack of 24 bit video support, making the Thunder IIGX cards a regular slug instead of a rocket. I'm in the process of getting all the Apache, BIND, and other apps I want to pound on updated and running. The old version of Retrospect (2.0Ci A/UX) probably works better than Retrospect 5! -- Paul/. 95 black 3000GT VR-4 98 VFR800F, TBR aluminum hi exit formerly reasonable and prudent on 10/31/02 9:36 PM, Robyn Lyons at [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled: > I kind of remember seeing screenshots in Macworld circa '93. Does > anyone know where one can get a copy. Mostly for nostalgia. > > -Robyn > > On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 12:23 PM, Charles Shannon Hendrix > wrote: > >>> All in all, a cool thing to play with, but probably not very >>> practical for >>> making use of these days. >> >> Yeah, though I remember actually using it for real in 1992. >> >> A friend of mine in college had an SE/30 which ran Mathematica (no >> kidding) >> and I think he used AUX for some processing that was harder under >> MacOS. > -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
