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Re: Ancient History

Date 2026-08-26 04:25 -0400
Subject Re: Ancient History
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
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On 8/25/26 14:57, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 25/08/2026 16:19, John Ames wrote:
>> On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 03:15:49 -0400
>> c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, there ARE a few distros customized to run on VERY old hardware.
>>> This is good.
>>>
>>> HOWEVER - is it WORTH it ???
>>>
>>> Newer hardware, even if in the bargain-basement "refubished" bin, has
>>> a lot more speed and better chips and more RAM and such.
>>
>> Depends, but a lot of newer hardware gets pretty flaky with age.
>> Meanwhile I've got a PDP-11/73 that's north of 40 and still running as
>> well as it ever did.
>>
> Slightly more expensive original purchase price though :-)
> ...and far less computing power

   Grew up on the PDP-11 ... great box, and soon
   there was that newfangled 'C' language :-)

   SOME of those surely do still exist/run.
   They were SOLID - if in contemporary
   view - pretty limited.

   DID find some video of some guy bringing up
   THE original HTTP site on a PDP-11 ... from
   a strip of PAPER TAPE.

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Ancient History rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-25 04:41 +0000
  Re: Ancient History c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-25 03:15 -0400
    Re: Ancient History John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-25 08:19 -0700
      Re: Ancient History The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-25 19:57 +0100
        Re: Ancient History c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-26 04:25 -0400
          Re: Ancient History The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-26 09:33 +0100
  Re: Ancient History "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-25 11:41 +0200
    Re: Ancient History Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-25 11:53 +0100
      Re: Ancient History The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-25 12:54 +0100
        Re: Ancient History rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-25 19:25 +0000
      Re: Ancient History "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-25 14:23 +0200
        Re: Ancient History c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-26 03:28 -0400
          Re: Ancient History The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-26 09:12 +0100
    Re: Ancient History The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-25 12:31 +0100
      Re: Ancient History Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-08-25 07:53 -0400
      Re: Ancient History Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-25 18:26 +0000
        Re: Ancient History rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-25 19:37 +0000
    Re: Ancient History rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-25 19:16 +0000
      Re: Ancient History The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-25 20:21 +0100
        Re: Ancient History rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-26 04:40 +0000
  Re: Ancient History The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-25 12:30 +0100
    Re: Ancient History c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-26 02:49 -0400
  Re: Ancient History "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-25 20:07 +0800
  Re: Ancient History Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-08-25 11:20 -0400
    Re: Ancient History Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2026-08-25 17:44 +0000
    Re: Ancient History Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-25 21:55 +0000

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