Subject: Re: Removing I386_CPU from GENERIC and INSTALL
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.org>
From: Christian Biere <christianbiere@gmx.de>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/31/2006 15:32:40
Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
> tron@zhadum.org.uk wrote:
> > And old
> > 80386 PCs don't have the charm of e.g. a SPARCstation 2 or an Amiga
> > which would make it worthwhile to keep them.
> 
> IMHO, some MCA based PS/2 machines could be charming enough to keep them.

Indeed, I'd love get mine back. However, "MCA is the PS/2 killer". After all, I
wouldn't have much use for it as it had no built-in NIC and I'd guess such
adapters are even more difficult to find then a PS/2. Old SPARC- or MIPS-based
systems at least have ethernet built-in or came with an adapter by default
which makes them much more accessible and still suitable for many tasks.

So I'd agree on the "keeping" part. ;)

-- 
Christian