[vcf-midatlantic] UNIX PC Ethernet, was Re: Museum Report 7/16 & 7/17

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Tue Jul 19 17:53:40 EDT 2016


On 07/19/2016 05:46 PM, Systems Glitch via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>> I just wanted to check that the machine worked so that I could demo it to
>> visitors. I just wonder what I could demonstrate to them that is
>> interesting. I also have to research the significance of that machine. Evan
>> put it in the museum for a reason.
> 
> Demoing the graphical environment would probably impress people, for a machine of its age. I don't know if the museum's UNIX PC has the Ethernet option, but there's a TCP/IP stack for it and whatnot.

  If it does, don't demonstrate it.  The IP stack crashes the whole OS
frequently.  That won't show off very well.

              -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA



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