[luau] SparcStation IPX

[Dan George]

MonMotha wrote:

> al plant wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Mon,
>>
>> You might try Solaris 8 ( It is given away free.)  or what about FreeBSD
>> I have got that to run on all kinds of boxes. I use FreeBSD 4.5 which is
>> stable. 
>
>
> I don't think Solaris 8 will run on it (and I thought it was only free 
> for x86?).  Even if it would, it would be hellishly slow (only a 40MHz 
> proc after all).  I personally don't like FreeBSD, but I'm OK with the 
> other BSDs.
>
> Anyway, it turns out that the 2.1GB HDD is physically bad (it does 
> sound like an angle grinder after all...), so I'll have to put the old 
> 400MB one back in for now, and I want to keep RH5.2 on it.  Anyway, RH 
> should at least run better with 52MB of RAM instead of 16.
>
> --MonMotha
>
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 When your talking about Solaris 8 or FreeBSD 4.5, what is the real 
practical purpose of learning to use those when they are so outdated? 
 It must just be a hobby and not for learning
to use for business.