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Re: Configuring a serial printer, etc...



On Dec 2, 2008, at 4:20 AM, Uwe Lienig wrote:
I don't think I can help you with the printing problem.

I have a DEC 3000 / 600S running NetBSD and thought I was the only idiot on earth still running something like that. Mine's got a 175 MHz CPU with 196 Mb
of RAM with some old 2 Gb disks. What's yours?

DEC 3000M700S with 196mb RAM, 4 gb disk, and an Apple CD-ROM to liven things up. I have a turbochannel graphics board that I might install (if and when I can
find an appropriate mouse and keyboard.)

Hi there. I've got those here as well. DEC3000/800 w/ 256MB, DEC 3000/300L w/ 256MB, DEC 3000/300LX w/ 208MB. All with different harddisks. Some Turbo Channel adapters rescued (ZLX E, 3D-Turbo Channel graphics adapters from DEC MIPS). Used
as servers for DHCP, WWW and the like, and for historical reasons.

NetBSD seems to be the one and only alternative for a decent unix on those old,
but rock solid systems.

I agree. I don't use them much these days, but I have a few old DEC3000-series machines. I really like them. They're surprisingly zippy for their age, and they are built like tanks.

        -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL




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