It depends on your definition of fast, and what you are doing.
	Compiling anything significant (perl, apache, kde(ahem)) on an old
	box is going to take a while, but actually using the box, running
	any of the tools etc should seem fine.

	A 68k mac running NetBSD can feel like a PowerPC box running
	MacOS at times :)

	Go have a look at port-vax where people run on uVaxII systems
	which make SE/30s look powerful :)


		David/absolute

On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, dkphoto wrote:

> > Another issue is the speed of the NetBSD machine you are using.  A
> > II-series machine will be very slow.  A Quadra will be OK, but no speed
> > demon by modern standards.
> > 
> > IMHO a 680[23]0 machine will be too slow for realistic assignments, but
> > usable for hello world class stuff.  Also OK for a lot of
> > networking/routing work.
> 
> Am I to conclude from this that the 'rumors' about Unix/Linux/BSD being 
> fast on older Macs and PC's are less than accurate? I had dreams of 
> breathing life back into several of these old machines. Is it just a 
> bunch of nonsense?
> 
> David Kachel
>