[nflug] Let's go old, old, old school linux

[Rob Dege]

I remember the 90s.  More specifically, I remember you back at UB playing
Doom on a Solaris pizzabox with what was then considered a large monitor
(17" I believe)  In fact, I think you were mocking me when I tried to get it
to work on an NCD, but the frame rates were too low for us to play
death-match :/

On Jan 4, 2008 10:30 AM, Robert Meyer <meyer_rm at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hmmm... Old school... mid '90s... That makes early '80s what?  Venerable?
> Ancient?  Hmmm... doddy and senile, that must be it... :-)
>
> <creaky, old guy voice>
> I remember when we didn't have web resources... Yeah, we wrote programs
> with ones and zeros.  Sometimes the companies were so cheap, we wouldn't
> even get ones.  Ever write a database with only zeros?  Dang tough, I'll
> tell ya'!  Video screens?  Heck, we had hard copy terminals and were happy
> for it!  A shell prompt was a precious thing.  Some poor guys were stuck
> with cards in those days.  By cracky... time for my nap... where's my nurse?
> </creaky, old guy voice>
>
> Maybe somebody on the list can help analyzing the files.  I think a few of
> us can actually remember "the old days"...
>
> Cheers!
>
> Bob
>
> --
> "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with
> your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always
> long to return."
> --Leonardo da Vinci
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Brad Bartram <brad.bartram at gmail.com>
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Sent: Friday, January 4, 2008 9:53:07 AM
> Subject: [nflug] Let's go old, old, old school linux
>
> Hey guys -
> I'm working on a project and I ran into a slight hiccup.  I figured I'd
> give a shout and see if any of you old school linux users had any
> suggestions.
>
> I need some config files from mid 1990's linux distros.  I'm doing some
> comparative analysis of config files (don't ask) but I'm running short on
> resources for some of the ancient distros.  Does anyone know of a good
> resource on the web where I could find some?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Brad
>
>
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-Rob

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