Re: Very old hardware...

From	"James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Very old hardware...
Date	2020-07-05 19:40 +0200
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David Wright wrote:
>>> Why do I keep mine? 1) Sentimentality, as it was the one on my work desk
>>> when I retired. 2) Being a tower, it has room for up to 4 PATA drives.
>>> The loaned Optiplex only holds one—after that, I'm down to an old PATA
>>> caddy. 3) There's no WEEE here, so I'm not sure exactly how one gets
>>> rid of it anyway.

Some years ago, I tried ordering a box from a local custom-builder. The 
fact that the BIOS and/or FDC on it would not accept dual floppy drives 
was an annoyance. The fact that Xerox Ventura Publisher (DOS/GEM 
Edition) would not run on it *at all* was the show-stopper. It went back 
about 24 hours after I took delivery.

I've since learned that there is at least one custom-builder that 
specializes in DOS boxes optimized for legacy apps, but with my "spare 
parts" dual-boot, I haven't had a pressing need to determine whether 
their boxes will run VPGEM (and they are not certain themselves).

--
JHHL

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Re: Very old hardware... Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-07-03 21:00 +0200
  Re: Very old hardware... deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-07-04 18:10 +0200
  Re: Very old hardware... deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-07-04 19:20 +0200
  Re: Very old hardware... deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-07-05 04:40 +0200
    Re: Very old hardware... David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-05 07:00 +0200
      Re: Very old hardware... Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-07-05 07:20 +0200
        Re: Very old hardware... David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-05 18:30 +0200
          Re: Very old hardware... "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2020-07-05 19:40 +0200
      Re: Very old hardware... deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-07-05 12:10 +0200
        Re: Very old hardware... Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-07-05 17:10 +0200
          Re: Very old hardware... Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-07-05 18:00 +0200
        Re: Very old hardware... David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-05 18:10 +0200
          Re:  Very old hardware... "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-07-05 23:50 +0200
            Re: Very old hardware... David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-12 02:10 +0200
              Re: Very old hardware... deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-07-12 09:10 +0200
              Re: Very old hardware... Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2020-07-12 09:40 +0200
  Re: Very old hardware... Keith bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2020-07-05 09:00 +0200

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