On June 20, 2020 12:01:40 AM Roy Marples <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 19/06/2020 23:08, Dave McGuire wrote:
>> On 6/19/20 5:09 PM, matthew sporleder wrote:
>>> I personally think running such an old and inefficient computer is,
>>> literally, immoral when a modern $30 machine can emulate it perfectly using
>>> as much electricity as a small CFL light bulb and leave over 700mb of
>>> memory to spare.
>>
>> Sure, but it's, to put it simply, NOT THE REAL THING.
>>
>> If you don't get it, that's fine. Don't run one.
>
> But there's a massive difference between compiling and running.
> Cross compiles in NetBSD is what the base OS excells at.
NetBSD used to run great directly on VAXen. On real hardware.
'Nuff said.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
