Hey Sean!   
      
    SD> Linux bbs 4.4.157 #2 SMP Fri Sep 21 00:36:59 CDT 2018 x86_64   
    SD> Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3430 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux   
      
   Awesome.  I used to have the LGA775 version called X3220 (Kentsfield). The cpu   
   was great but the motherboard I had it mounted on left much to be desired.    
   Mind you that is the usual case.  I had it housed in a steel 4U rackmount case   
   which was really nice.  As someone back then said, "It keeps the flames   
   contained when the damn thing shorts out and catches fire."  :-)   
      
    SD> FreeDOS is still around,   
      
   I haven't looked lately.  The last time was when I got it working on a qcow2   
   file doing a virtual boot/root with qemu.  I abandoned it since it gave me way   
   too much hassel getting tcpip network working.  If I am not mistaken it was   
   probably on the X3220 which puts it around 2008-ish or so.  That would make   
   the host x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu with core2 optimizations (gcc, glibc, etc).    
   Also it ran the very first 64-bit ttylinux if I am not mistaken but then again   
   it might have been earlier and running on an AMD64 Sempron which would have   
   made it 2005-ish.  I am fairly certain it wasn't until the X3220 before I   
   started playing around with virtualization.   
      
    SD> yes, but I used PC-DOS 2000 because my friend, fellow MBSE sysop   
    SD> and developer Andrew Leary is using that so I just copied his   
    SD> setup.   
      
   An excellent plan.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Don't cry for me I have vi.   
      
   --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-3   
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