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Considering the idea of saving up for a DECstation PMAX

From TronNerd82 <tronnerd82@aol.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.dec
Subject Considering the idea of saving up for a DECstation PMAX
Date 2025-03-30 01:24 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <slrnvuh7ar.pg2.tronnerd82@darkstar.voidgrinder.net> (permalink)

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I think it'd be fun to pick up an old PMAX DECstation 3100 and try to
get it working (though anything DEC put out was built like a tank, so I
probably wouldn't have much of any work to do) and try getting a modern
operating system on it like NetBSD, perhaps even try porting Slackware
to it.

The whole idea is nothing particularly outstanding, but I think old DEC
hardware is super cool. Would it be a worthwhile endeavor??

-- 
I didn't choose the Slackware life. Oh wait, that's a big fat lie. But the Slackware life also chose me :)

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Considering the idea of saving up for a DECstation PMAX TronNerd82 <tronnerd82@aol.com> - 2025-03-30 01:24 +0000
  Re: Considering the idea of saving up for a DECstation PMAX John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-03-31 07:54 -0700
  Re: Considering the idea of saving up for a DECstation PMAX Dave McGuire <mcguire@lssmuseum.org> - 2025-04-21 22:06 -0400

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