10 year rule

[Doc Shipley]

Zane H. Healy wrote:

>> a little Soekris firewall.  But when this 320 and its flat panel came 
>> available, I jumped on it without a second thought.  I'm not very sure 
>> what I'm gonna do with a Windows box, but I'm sure I'll think of 
>> something.
>>
>>   Now I just wish I could afford the ~$300USD for a DVI multilink 
>> adapter for this 1600SW.
>>
>>   Anyhow, the point is that since it's not 10 years old, and it only 
>> runs Windows, it's not "classic" by the conventions of this group. It 
>> *is* a major departure from commodity PC hardware, though, it is 
>> fairly uncommon, and I wouldn't blush a bit about discussing it on 
>> this list.
> 
> 
> Actually I think it *almost* falls under the "really cool hardware" 
> exemption, by virtue of the 1600SW panel.  :^)  I *so* want one of those 
> for my o2/270!  The problem is I can't justify the cost of buying one on 
> ePay.

   Man, this thing is a close runner-up to an Apple Cinema Display for 
color and crispness.  Since I don't *have* a cinema display (or a 
thousand clams to get one) I'm very seriously considering a MultiLink 
adapter.  My current tube is a SGI GDM-4011P, and the flat-panel makes 
it look like cheap Sampo junk.

> Besides, from the PC HW point they actually do sound like interesting 
> systems.

   It really is.  It's got Win2K Pro on it, with 2x 450MHz P-IIs, 512MB, 
the A/V modules, and a Cheetah 50GB LVD disk.  As soon as I get the 
Cygwin tools built, I expect it to approximate a useful system.  ;)


	Doc