[Info-vax] MIcrovax 3100-98

[Dave Froble]

On 11/1/2019 1:11 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 10/31/19 11:06 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 10/31/2019 10:45 PM, Kerry Main wrote:
>>
>>> They all laughed and one of them stated he could not remember when
>>> they had
>>> a VAX HW problem.
>>>
>>> Good testament to the VAX HW, but not so good for new sales.
>>
>> And doesn't that sort of depend on whether you're the vendor, or, a
>> customer?
>>
>> Then there was the AlphaStation 200 power supplies.  Dropped like flies.
>>
>> Getting 3 years out of today's PCs is very good luck.  And that's with
>> HW in general being more robust.
>>
>
> Stop buying cheap.

Who said I'm buying cheap?

> I have laptops and PCs running right now that are
> over 10 years old.

So what?  I do believe I mentioned the 22 year old systems I have.  It 
doesn't matter.  Old systems just won't run today's bloatware.

I recently looked at AMD's new CPUs.  Guess what.  The only drivers 
available are for WEENDOZE 10.  Which I won't boot up.

>  The one I am typing this on is my main day to day
> box and has been for over 6 years.

Email isn't too demanding ....


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