Its not 'multi tasking' anymore? LONG

[Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D.]

Newer, faster, bigger, better hardware is always desirable.
Particularly, if in marketing parlance, you are a "first" or an "early
adopter". It's just a matter of money...

Older hardware is a challenge and an amusement [:-)]...

One of my favorite toys an old Nubus PPC-6100/60AV with a NewerTech
240/160 MHz PDS G3 card, an 18GB SCSI drive,  and a womping 264MB of
RAM. This box runs YDL-3.0.1, albeit slowly:

        % cat /proc/cpuinfo
        processor       : 0
        cpu             : 740/750
        revision        : 2.2 (pvr 0008 0202)
        bogomips        : 478.41
        machine         : PowerMac,NuBus
        motherboard     : PDM MacRISC
        detected as     : 0 (<NULL>)
        pmac flags      : 00000000
        memory          : 264MB
        pmac-generation : NuBus


I use it as a fax server, manager node in a MySQL NDB cluster, and
whatever else I need when speed doesn't matter.

Still..., a dual processor G5 box from "the little fruit company" with a
30" LCD display would be a nice addition to my office. It's just a
matter of money.


-Joseph

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On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 14:27, Andrew wrote:

> 
>  I might as well get a NewWorld or a x86 box instead of upgrading and 
> agonizing a bit longer on such a old piece.. It would do a fine local
> yum repository. I could make it be a yum server if my ISP would allow me
> the 'serving priviledge' without boosting my bills too much.
> 

-- 
joseph_sacco[at]comcast[dot]net