I remember when it came out, we installed it on our test MicroVax, and the machine basically fell over. After some modparams tuning got it up and it ran really slowly.
Tried it on our live system one weekend and got the same results, so went back to Phase IV. Been running Phase IV on our VaxCluster ever since and that was nearly 10 years ago.
I used to be with http://www.tiscali.co.uk/, who are one of the worst ISP's in the UK. I decided to move to another ISP and rang Tiscali to get a MAC code. With a MAC code the old ISP talks to the new ISP and they arrange a changeover, usually takes 2 weeks and you are down for a day at most. Turns out Tiscali don't do MAC codes, probably because they are one of the worst ISP's in the UK and every bugger would leave if it was that easy;)
So, I had to leave Tiscali and they wanted one months notice, which they got and after a month, my broadband stopped working. It then took many calls to Tiscali chasing them up to get BT to cease the line, what should have taken a week took three weeks. Then it took a another 2 weeks for BT to cease the line after Tiscali finally got off their butts and told BT to cease the line, that again should have taken 3 or 4 days. In that time Tiscali and BT constantly blamed each other for the delay.
I'm now with http://www.demon.net/ who I'm very happy with, but if they ever go downhill at least they support MAC codes so I never have to go through anything like that again.
All this almost makes me want to switch to a Mac, if only they were not so bloody expensive. I just can't get myself to pay $1500+ for a computer. I've never spent more than $500 on any machine I have ever owned, with the exception of my laptop.
I do IT Support at a nearly 99% Microsoft site, so OSS isn't used there, but at home I run http://www.watsky.net/
I have 2 sisters with old PII class computers which they just use for surfing/email/WP. They ran Win98 and at least twice a month I would have to call out and fix their systems due to spyware or them accidentally deleting things or odd DLL problems.
I moved the more tech savvy sister to http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ and the "I refuse to use anything but Windows" sister to http://www.linspire.com/ about 3 months ago, and apart from some minor problems with a Lexmark printer I haven't heard a peep since from either of them and they are delighted with the computers.
Where I work is a 99% Microsoft Site (stop booing, I only work there;) )and we have a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement and a contract to buy Dell Kit. To avoid paying for Windows twice, our Dell Laptops and PC's come with a blank HD and a copy of FreeDOS on CD.
Not sure if a retail customer can do this, but it might be worth ringing Dell to ask.
We still have an old Digital AlphaServer 1000A 4/233 that we still use as a File/Print Server, so not only a creaky OS but on a dead chip;). I still use it to surf the web with sites I don't trust and check out what I think are dodgy emails on it as it dosn't run Intel Code and ActiveX so I feel safer than doing it on one of the Wintel Boxes.
Jonathan
I own an Alfa Romeo 75, a FIAT 126 and run Windows XP so so I must be a real glutton for punishment:D
BTW, in the UK, FIAT have teamed up with Microsoft to offer XBOX branded cars.
http://www.fiat.co.uk/xbox
Jonathan
Due to the contract maintenence cost for what it is really used for now (inter-office e-mail of all things)
We used ALLIN1 also for mail, we almost bought Teamlinks Mail http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/teamlinks/tl_ home.html as a Windows front end for it, but instead went for MSMAIL.. and the rest is history:(
Jonathan
We have a VaxCluster of VaxServer 4000's that is now about 10 years old, supports 300 users on an old legacy ALLIN1 system that they access on their PC's using Powerterm. The users love the system, a replacement system would cost maybe £250000 to write & implement, if it ain't broke why fix it? I think we can count the downtime in those 10 years in minutes instead of hours.
Only downside is that I suspect those suckers don't half use a lot of electricity:D
And it pisses all over DS9/Voyager/Enterprise from a great height.
If my valued Slashdot colleagues across the pond havn't seen this yet, start watching, it gets better and better every week. 3 very sexy women (Starbuck, Boomer and No 6) and the funnest, greatest fucked up "villain" in Gaius Baltar.
Not to mention Edward James Olmos acting his socks off.
Jonathan
I'm pretty sure that NT for the Alpha Chip actually ran in 32 Bit mode. We still have an old Digital AlphaServer 1000A upstairs running as a simple NT4 file/print server for that floor, it's a solid old workhorse.
We have an old Digital AlphaServer 1000A 4/233 we use as a file/print server in one of our offices, running Windows NT4 SP6a. I think it was bought in 1994 and hasn't been turned off since, with no downtime as far as I know. Say what you like about Digital, but they sure knew how to make machines that last. Jonathan
Slashdot Mirror
I'm pretty sure a version of Microfocus Cobol we ran in the early 90's had this kind of license.
Jonathan
http://donkeydoeslondon.freeservers.com/
I remember when it came out, we installed it on our test MicroVax, and the machine basically fell over. After some modparams tuning got it up and it ran really slowly. Tried it on our live system one weekend and got the same results, so went back to Phase IV. Been running Phase IV on our VaxCluster ever since and that was nearly 10 years ago.
Jonathan
Need a car checked out? - http://www.goodbuy-carchecks.co.uk/
SO, he would have got away with it if it wasn't for those meddling EU-crats ;)
Jonathan
what chance do I have with £50?
Assuming he's talking UK Pounds, we don't have the DMCA here, puzzled what happened here.
Jonathan
Yeah, but the current VIA chips aren't based on the Cyrix designs, they are based on IDT Centaur technology.
http://www.centtech.com/
Jonathan
TO THE MOON!!!!
Jonathan
http://www.goodbye-carchecks.co.uk/
Is that meant to me a worm at the top of the page then?
Jonathan
Back in the late 80's http://www.belfastcityairport.com/ used to run their arrivals/departures information using an Amstrad CPC464 coded in BASIC http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?s t=1&c=84/ the only reason I knew was that it crashed one day and recognised the error screen.
Jonathan
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/advice/telecoms_ifc/codes/ bbm_cop/bbmcop.pdf/
Jonathan
I used to be with http://www.tiscali.co.uk/, who are one of the worst ISP's in the UK. I decided to move to another ISP and rang Tiscali to get a MAC code. With a MAC code the old ISP talks to the new ISP and they arrange a changeover, usually takes 2 weeks and you are down for a day at most. Turns out Tiscali don't do MAC codes, probably because they are one of the worst ISP's in the UK and every bugger would leave if it was that easy ;)
So, I had to leave Tiscali and they wanted one months notice, which they got and after a month, my broadband stopped working. It then took many calls to Tiscali chasing them up to get BT to cease the line, what should have taken a week took three weeks. Then it took a another 2 weeks for BT to cease the line after Tiscali finally got off their butts and told BT to cease the line, that again should have taken 3 or 4 days. In that time Tiscali and BT constantly blamed each other for the delay.
I'm now with http://www.demon.net/ who I'm very happy with, but if they ever go downhill at least they support MAC codes so I never have to go through anything like that again.
Jonathan
I miss his cheery white shirted grin on the cover of the boxes ;)
Jonathan
All this almost makes me want to switch to a Mac, if only they were not so bloody expensive. I just can't get myself to pay $1500+ for a computer. I've never spent more than $500 on any machine I have ever owned, with the exception of my laptop.
;) http://www.apple.com/macmini/
COUGH COUGH
Jonathan
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http://www.tandragee.co.uk/
Seems like a funny name for an domain registration company unless I'm missing a pun somewhere?
Jonathan
http://www.wychwood.co.uk/
I do IT Support at a nearly 99% Microsoft site, so OSS isn't used there, but at home I run http://www.watsky.net/
w b/cswb.html so I don't worry about spyware or viruses there either :)
I have 2 sisters with old PII class computers which they just use for surfing/email/WP. They ran Win98 and at least twice a month I would have to call out and fix their systems due to spyware or them accidentally deleting things or odd DLL problems. I moved the more tech savvy sister to http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ and the "I refuse to use anything but Windows" sister to http://www.linspire.com/ about 3 months ago, and apart from some minor problems with a Lexmark printer I haven't heard a peep since from either of them and they are delighted with the computers.
At work I actually browse the net using a http://h71000.www7.hp.com/pathworks32/ link from my XP machine to an OpenVMS box and surf with http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/products/ips/cs
Jonathan
http://www.justgofaster.com/
http://www.thisishartlepool.co.uk/history/thehartl epoolmonkey.asp/
Although at least they don't have sex with sheep like the Welsh.
Jonathan
Where I work is a 99% Microsoft Site (stop booing, I only work there ;) )and we have a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement and a contract to buy Dell Kit. To avoid paying for Windows twice, our Dell Laptops and PC's come with a blank HD and a copy of FreeDOS on CD.
Not sure if a retail customer can do this, but it might be worth ringing Dell to ask.
Jonathan
We still have an old Digital AlphaServer 1000A 4/233 that we still use as a File/Print Server, so not only a creaky OS but on a dead chip ;). I still use it to surf the web with sites I don't trust and check out what I think are dodgy emails on it as it dosn't run Intel Code and ActiveX so I feel safer than doing it on one of the Wintel Boxes.
Jonathan
Being in the UK I have seen all 13 episodes, the ending of season 1 is amazing, total shocker.
Jonathan
I own an Alfa Romeo 75, a FIAT 126 and run Windows XP so so I must be a real glutton for punishment :D
BTW, in the UK, FIAT have teamed up with Microsoft to offer XBOX branded cars.
http://www.fiat.co.uk/xbox
Jonathan
Due to the contract maintenence cost for what it is really used for now (inter-office e-mail of all things) We used ALLIN1 also for mail, we almost bought Teamlinks Mail http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/teamlinks/tl_ home.html as a Windows front end for it, but instead went for MSMAIL.. and the rest is history :(
Jonathan
Thanks for that, gives me something to play with over the weekend :)
Jonathan
We have a VaxCluster of VaxServer 4000's that is now about 10 years old, supports 300 users on an old legacy ALLIN1 system that they access on their PC's using Powerterm. The users love the system, a replacement system would cost maybe £250000 to write & implement, if it ain't broke why fix it? I think we can count the downtime in those 10 years in minutes instead of hours.
:D
Only downside is that I suspect those suckers don't half use a lot of electricity
Jonathan
And it pisses all over DS9/Voyager/Enterprise from a great height. If my valued Slashdot colleagues across the pond havn't seen this yet, start watching, it gets better and better every week. 3 very sexy women (Starbuck, Boomer and No 6) and the funnest, greatest fucked up "villain" in Gaius Baltar. Not to mention Edward James Olmos acting his socks off. Jonathan
I'm pretty sure that NT for the Alpha Chip actually ran in 32 Bit mode. We still have an old Digital AlphaServer 1000A upstairs running as a simple NT4 file/print server for that floor, it's a solid old workhorse.
Jonathan
We have an old Digital AlphaServer 1000A 4/233 we use as a file/print server in one of our offices, running Windows NT4 SP6a. I think it was bought in 1994 and hasn't been turned off since, with no downtime as far as I know. Say what you like about Digital, but they sure knew how to make machines that last. Jonathan