Ron Frazier (NTP) wrote:
DaveB <[email protected]> wrote:
This laptop is getting on for 8 years old now, and has been rebuilt a couple of times, using parts (including a main board) from machines cast off by others. It doesnt get an easy life either, but is starting to show it's age what with the rebuilt lid hinges etc. (I have another parts mule with good hinges waiting.) I just like stuff that works, and keeps on working.
Good job running things that long. I have a 2002 laptop (with failed hinges) still running xp. Considering retiring it. Just watch out for old expiring cmos batteries. I like to run spinrite on my hdd's 2 - 3 times per year to keep them humming along.
I have a standing order with our corporate PC group to save all old/to be retired laptops that happen to have a proper serial port. :-)
My ntp2.tmsw.no ipv6 pool server (using the original GPS18 which I soldered together with an RS232 header and a USB cable for power) is still running on a 2002-2003 model Dell laptop. I have updated the FreeBSD os every few years however.
Terje -- - <Terje.Mathisen at tmsw.no> "almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching" _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
