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   Hello Maurice!   
      
   09 Jan 2022 00:53, Maurice Kinal wrote to Benny Pedersen:   
      
    BP>> with is good as a dec_alpha ready from 29 yaers ago :)   
      
    MK> I wouldn't know.   
       
    you are still young then   
       
    MK> 29 years ago there was only sparc(s) as far as I had    
       
    +1   
       
    MK> access to.  The mainframe was a dec but 32-bit VAX/VMS on there with a    
    MK> bunch of 9 track tape drives.   
       
    8" floppy drives   
       
    MK> I heard it took roughly 24 hours to    
    MK> boot the damn thing up.   
       
    it was just like 1kw energi at boot :=)   
       
    MK> I never actually witnessed a bootup but the    
    MK> source of that information was reliable so I went along with it.   
      
   it was when gopher was the ting used for dokument serving, atleast gopher in   
   bash was not impossible   
      
    MK> I got offered a 64-bit alpha - free but I had to pay the shipping -    
       
    +1   
       
    MK> after they got sold to compaq.  If I am not mistaken Tru64 was the OS    
    MK> of choice at that time.  I think x86_64 is the only architecture that    
    MK> can run 32-bit libs/apps.   
       
    i remember Tru64, but not what commes next   
      
    BP>> only amiga needs it   
      
    MK> Highly unlikely to ever see the light of day here.   
       
    i wish amiga gui and programs worked on linux today, but no its just a dream,   
   a damm good loose for others   
       
    MK> I don't do    
    MK> emulators.  What for?   
      
   amiga os can run on linux libvirt, google icarus iso   
      
   how does gopher work now ? :)   
      
      
    Regards Benny   
      
   ... too late to die young :)   
      
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