[geeks] Octane on ebay for *cheap*

[dave at cca.org]

kurt at k-huhn.com writes:

>>   Yeah, the First One is always the best I think.  Mine was a UnixPC
>> 7300, a fucking long-ass time ago (1988?).  I had LOADS of fun with
>> that machine, though I had a hard time adjusting to UNIX from RSTS/E.
>> And now, thanks to Rob Klar and Mark Tapley, I have a 7300 again! :-)

>My first Unix box was a rescued 486DX250 running an early Linux.  I
>still have that box here somewhere.  Okay, so it wasn't 'real' Unix...

>My first real Unix box was a Sparc Classic.  Thanks to Visigenic
>software.

3B2/300, then a few VAXstations, then RS/6000, finally a herd of SS2s...

(And they're all still in use except the 3B2.)

My first exposure to unix was at college in 1986 or so, on a VAX-11/750.

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