[rescue] Rescued VAX 4500 question

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Wed Jun 12 19:39:22 CDT 2002


On June 10, Stephen D. B. Wolthusen wrote:
> >> I might have said "limited utility these days".
> > 
> > I don't think I've ever heard Dave suggest that we try to use a -8 for
> > real work in this day and age.  It could be used for typesetting,
> > emailing, and web browsing, but I doubt he would want to, or else he
> > would be using a new FPGA based -8 clone instead of a G4.
> 
> Hm, so that probably turns me into a cycle hog. I mean, I occasionally still
> use a VT-78... as a terminal. It's always nice to be able to put some paper
> *and* a coffee mug on top of the terminal. I mean, try that with your fancy TFT
> panels, right?

  Hmm, ok Stephen, so you're not such a moron after all. ;)

      -Dave

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