Subject: Re: VAX 11/780 for sale on Ebay...
To: None <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@update.uu.se>
List: port-vax
Date: 05/17/2003 11:39:25
On Sat, 17 May 2003 ragge@ludd.luth.se wrote:

> > Here's your chance to get your very own, personal 11/780...  Unfortunately, 
> > it's in Lockport, IL. - and the bidding starts at $1,500...
> > 
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2730436049&category=1247
> >  
> Heh :-) I compiled the release for NetBSD/vax 1.2 on one of those animals,
> it took 11 days to compile the system and two days (!) to gzip the tar files.
> 
> Bless cross-compilation :-)

Except when there are differences, which means bugs sneak by (such as
texinfo not being compilable native as-is).

	Johnny

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