[huskerlug] Re: Moving back to dumb terminals]
- From: Jim Worrest <jworrest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:38:13 -0600
Well, the 8085, basically an 8008, the CPU of the Model 100/102 was definitely
not multi-tasking, and you probably wouldn't want to do that with a 2MHz
processor anyway. ;-) Probably the only thing in the somewhat the same time
frame that could multi-task and be of interest to Linux types was Motorola's
6800 chips, So go out and find an old Tandy Color Computer and have at it!
---Jim
Hexadecimal wrote:
> I have two Psion 5s around here somewhere (one's a 5mx). People've gotten
> Linux to run on it... pretty amazing.
> http://liberti.dhs.org/liberti/images/computer/psion5-linux-004.jpg
>
> On 1/30/07, Jim Worrest <jworrest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I have some Radio Shack's Model 100's around, and finally some of the
>> pixels in
>> the LCD went out, It's 22 years old. I don't think many PCs will last
>> that
>> long. :-D ---Jim
>>
>> GreyGeek wrote:
>> http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117011971274291861-oJ6FWrnA8NMPfMXw3vBILth1EiE_20080129.html?mod=blogs
>>> " ...
>>> Because the terminals have no moving parts such as fans or hard drives
>> that
>>> can break, the machines typically require less maintenance and last
>> longer
>>> than PCs. Mark Margevicius, an analyst at research firm Gartner Inc.,
>>> estimates companies can save 10% to 40% in computer-management costs
>> when
>>> switching to terminals from desktops. "
>>> ============
>>> JLK
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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