Re installing XP on Sony

Tony Duell ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk
Sat Mar 5 19:37:42 CST 2005


> One of the dangers (to bring things around to being on-topic for this
> list) is that people will start running Linux or a BSD exclusively on
> their vintage hardware.  A lot of the character of the vintage system is
> lost when it has the same BASH prompt as any old PC Clone someone bought
> at a garage sale. 

For much te same reason I am actively against running PNX (PERQ Unix, 
basically a V7 derrivative) on classic PERQs.

If you want a unix box, then get a unix box (e.g. a PC running linux or 
*BSD). IMHO a PERQ should run POS (the original PERQ operating system, 
written mostly in a very extended Pascal). POS is better for running 
user-written microcode too...

-tony


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