From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Stephen King Message-ID: <3B24417D.4BD60FB7@bconnex.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [9fans] old NEC Versa S/50 useful? Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 08:46:34 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: b3f4655c-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 I gather from all that I've read here and in the various FAQ that I will be able to get plan 9 running on my NEC Versa S/50 once I get a larger hard drive and NIC. Question is, will I then be able to do anything useful with it? I'm wondering about the performance I might expect from a 50MHz '486 - will it be so sluggish that I'll wish I hadn't bothered? This machine served me well for years, but Win3.1 has had it's time ;-) BTW. My other machine's a 7 year old Indy and it's going to give me a few more years of service! I HATE throwing away hardware that still works, and I really want to try a few things with Plan 9. Thanks! -- "I think my life is fuller because I realize that I don't know what I'm doing" - Richard Feynman, 1979.