Subj : i am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works
To   : Benny Pedersen
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Sat Feb 03 2024 03:27 am

Hey Benny!

 BP> pc market was at that time crap just like winCE :)

As well as VASTLY overpriced given what they offered in return.  I never had anything to do with pc's back then - VAX/VMS was my thing at the time - but did observe that a 286 was nothing more than a very expensive calculator that didn't fit in one's pocket.  You can quote me on that too.  As for amigas I knew a few people who owned them but mostly for gaming.  They reeally liked the graphics.  My first pc came later when they started putting 32-bit processors on them.

 MK>> What are you smoking over there?

 BP> its only allowed in holland ?

'It' is legal here.

 BP> help of a raspberry pi wifi board, that simply emulate a
 BP> cassette drive

Towards what end?  Personally I'd go with an exabyte if wanting a tape drive which doesn't require any emulation.  I'd think the above would be adding way too much drag to any system, old or new.

 BP> kernel 6.7.3 is now stable, so i upgraded :=)

 :read !cat /proc/version | sed 's/^/ > /'
 > Linux version 6.7.3 (root@bitskii) (gcc (GCC) 13.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.42) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Feb  1 14:10:32 UTC 2024

Looks good so far.

 BP> minix was imho 8 bit not 16 ?

16-bit.  I've heard tales of it running on 286s and amigas.  The opportunity to try it out never presented itself to me so I am just going by what I've heard.  Also 16-bit processors never held any attraction to me personally.

 BP> currently not fixed on there side to come up with a solution on
 BP> low mem gcc compile at all

It hasn't been an issue here as none of my current machines (4) have less than 8G.  They all have their own custom built gcc.  As a rule I don't bother with any machine that can't take care of itself.  So far this philosophy has served me well.  This goes back to the first pc I owned which I managed to get a dos ported 32-bit gcc compiler running on.  I used it to write my very own bbs with.  I've been doing this for a long time now although now it is bashist instead of compiled.

 MK>> I say they can keep them.  They have diddley-squat.

 BP> its a learning device

What have we learned?

Life is good,
Maurice

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