Ah hell, "Coherent version 3.2 operating system uses the 286 protected mode." I gave my copy of 3.2 away long ago, otherwise it'd be free for the asking.
There's still a little traffic on comp.os.cohoerent: Interesting thread.
For the basic functions, I could have used my Micro Coco MC-10. Monitor a reed switch, take keyboard entry, network, trip an alarm relay, even Windows can manage that.
But my cunning plan was to have a talking clippy-type character pop up on the screen and annoy any burglars away. ("You seem to be trying to break into the apartment...") I'll just have to make do with a wonderfully robotic text-to-speech card. I might still keep Windows on that machine, FreeBSD on others.
The networking part is so that when he switches that machine off, he gets a surprise. ("No Jacque, not this dam...")
Go ahead, I'll join you!:^) I only wanted Win98 for MS Agent & text-to-speech, but that's a wash -- not quite enough CPU power.
Lord $Deity, 10 years ago that machine would have been a departmental server. Not enough power?!
Ah well, plan B is FreeBSD and my RS232 text-to-speech card. And besides, the whole burglar alarm thing is just an excuse to have another machine on the LAN.
Umm, this isn't a flame, but why a 286? Three years ago, you could dumpster-dive for all the 486's you could cart away. (With memory and video even, since it was of no use in newer systems.) I hate to think on what the current "state-of-the-dumpster" is.
That said, Mark Williams used to have Coherent 286. Proprietary, but not bad for its day. The company is long gone, but someone might have a copy. I used Coherent 386 for a few years until MWC died and Linux stablized.
I ran a multi-user BBS on a 386-25 with 8M ram. Two phone lines, console, virtual consoles, and telnet from the Windows box. Slackware Linux (1.2, 1.3?)
I might haul that CD out for my 486-66 32M ram, which is being used as a burglar alarm. (Hey, I need some platform to plug my old ISA cards into.) With all the bugs in the software, I'd never put that machine on the Internet, but on the LAN, who cares?
3. You like to live in places with no ordinances about how ugly or fucked your neighborhood can be. (you're an idiot)
Move into John Travolta's neighbourhood -- He has parking for his 707. (He used to live in an area where everyone had executive jets, but a 707 kind of violated the zoning and noise bylaws!)
Oh sure, you'd still be an idiot, but at least you'd blend in.:^)
you'll also get to experience the kind of nausea and vomiting that only being whipped around about a central axis point can provide!
Wheeeeeeee! I'd charge admission! And with the bedrooms at the front or tail, definitely a waterbed! ("Did the earth move for you last night?" "No, but we certainly rotated around my central axis!")
Let's see, charged particles, which are directed towards the poles, penetrate deeper into the weaker field. Energy comes out as heat. Caps melt. Magnetic poles split up. Need fibre-optic cables.
I'm not sure, gotta be some rasta-thrash-rap-metal-house-oompa group. They sure are popular at 3am in my neighbourhood.
You don't ask questions about music around here though. A few years ago someone was shot and killed. News reports said it was an argument over regge music. That's just not right.
Yeah, and an infinite number of monkeys banging on an infinite number of typewriters would eventually "pre-discover" the entire works of Shakespeare, too.
First you would have to pre-invent the typewriter.
Feed the car stereo into an electro-magnet. Of course this will make some cars easier to indentify. (You know, the ones that play that song "Whompa-whompa-whompa" all the time at seismic volume.)
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Ah hell, "Coherent version 3.2 operating system uses the 286 protected mode." I gave my copy of 3.2 away long ago, otherwise it'd be free for the asking.
There's still a little traffic on comp.os.cohoerent: Interesting thread.
But my cunning plan was to have a talking clippy-type character pop up on the screen and annoy any burglars away. ("You seem to be trying to break into the apartment...") I'll just have to make do with a wonderfully robotic text-to-speech card. I might still keep Windows on that machine, FreeBSD on others.
The networking part is so that when he switches that machine off, he gets a surprise. ("No Jacque, not this dam...")
Go ahead, I'll join you! :^) I only wanted Win98 for MS Agent & text-to-speech, but that's a wash -- not quite enough CPU power.
Lord $Deity, 10 years ago that machine would have been a departmental server. Not enough power?!
Ah well, plan B is FreeBSD and my RS232 text-to-speech card. And besides, the whole burglar alarm thing is just an excuse to have another machine on the LAN.
That said, Mark Williams used to have Coherent 286. Proprietary, but not bad for its day. The company is long gone, but someone might have a copy. I used Coherent 386 for a few years until MWC died and Linux stablized.
I did say MSDOS was butt-ugly for networks. Thanks for the tip about FreeDOS, I'll keep it mind.
I might haul that CD out for my 486-66 32M ram, which is being used as a burglar alarm. (Hey, I need some platform to plug my old ISA cards into.) With all the bugs in the software, I'd never put that machine on the Internet, but on the LAN, who cares?
I'm currently going for a FreeBSD install on an older machine because it has an easy network-bootstrap install.
I did shoehorn Win98 onto a 486/66 for my burglar alarm, but it's not a pretty sight.
What, pay extra for hijackers? A recent newsgroup spam for an ADSL service offered to mail a Free Installation Kid if I signed up.
If a car got hit by "lightening", that would certainly give it lift! :^P
Move into John Travolta's neighbourhood -- He has parking for his 707. (He used to live in an area where everyone had executive jets, but a 707 kind of violated the zoning and noise bylaws!)
Oh sure, you'd still be an idiot, but at least you'd blend in. :^)
Bonus: I bet you don't get many salesmen or god botherers knocking on your door.
Note that refitting the cockpit for MS Flight Simulator is one of the options that they offer.
Wheeeeeeee! I'd charge admission! And with the bedrooms at the front or tail, definitely a waterbed! ("Did the earth move for you last night?" "No, but we certainly rotated around my central axis!")
Oh joy, who want to live in the prototype?
You could use it as a guest home on your missle silo estate. (I don't need the karma, find that story yourself. Valuable prizes!)
Some terrorist crashes a building into your plane!
Do not try this at home with your Mr. Fusion kids! 14 gigajoules is nothing to play with without adult supervision.
In your face Big Brother!
Let's see, charged particles, which are directed towards the poles, penetrate deeper into the weaker field. Energy comes out as heat. Caps melt. Magnetic poles split up. Need fibre-optic cables.
Brain discharging. Coffee interrupt processing priority.
If I can live for decades with my face inches away from an electron particle accelerator pointed in my direction, no problem!
You don't ask questions about music around here though. A few years ago someone was shot and killed. News reports said it was an argument over regge music. That's just not right.
First you would have to pre-invent the typewriter.
Feed the car stereo into an electro-magnet. Of course this will make some cars easier to indentify. (You know, the ones that play that song "Whompa-whompa-whompa" all the time at seismic volume.)
That was a copyright violation. "Space is big..."
Before we start cheering, perhaps someone good at deciphering patent claims should check just how broad these claims are.