[Info-vax] And the winner of a shiny XP1000 is....

[Rich Jordan]

On Jan 6, 5:20 pm, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <12ddd263-5d93-4e27-9e18-33ef9b97a... at w24g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, Rich Jordan <jor... at ccs4vms.com> writes:
>
>
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> >On Jan 6, 1:39=A0pm, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam... at vaxination.ca> wrote:
> >> Rich Jordan wrote:
> >> > Guess I'll just hang on to my EV6-requiring accessories a while
> >> > longer ;)
>
> >> You should get in touch with Mr David from Island. His DS10Ls are really
> >> affordable.
>
> >> Disclaimer: I was a winner from one of those free DS10L from Island, but
> >> I also purchased another one.
>
> >JF,
> >     I know, I bought one from him too.  I'm just looking for a cheap
> >workstation with multiple PCI slots to replace the PWS600au which has
> >gotten a bit slow for desktop/browser ops.  I've got a nice SCSI board
> >and a very nice EV6 only graphics card and they won't all fit in the
> >one slot on a DS10L.  So the choice is an XP1000 or a full fledged
> >DS10/DS15, neither of which I can afford right now.  Christmas, bills,
> >taxes (and more taxes, welcome to Ill Annoy).  Even thinking about it
> >today made gas prices jump $0.22/gallon in 5 hours ;).
>
> Far be it for me to dis and dissuade you from purchasing and running a
> VMS solution, but you can buy laptops dirt cheap on eBay and install a
> decent linux distro like Ubuntu and run Firefox.  The browsers on VMS,
> and I love VMS, are pig slow.
>
> >     (An itanic like the cheapies on ebay would be nice too but I
> >don't have anywhere to run such a bloody noisy box...)
>
> They are loud... I think I see a lawsuit on the horizon for loss of my
> hearing due to the fan noise. ;)
>
> --
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>
>   "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"

Running a PowerMac G4 right now for browsing; I know that no VMS based
browser will be adequate, with all the flash and AIR and other
nonavailable extensions.  A future Macbook (pro?) is more likely than
a non-mac-compatible box, but we'll see; depends on available funds.

I still want to keep a VMS workstation on hand for programming and to
play with things like the SDL port.