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From: vic.thacker@fastmail.fm
To: "leimy2k via 9fans" <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Boot CD chokes
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2021 20:45:31 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <60b0bdc8-8d10-42c6-96f1-ee498f8ccfb0@www.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFSF3XMZeDGs0QisMZ_q2QDQH+wA-6UdQ_Cd_zi43FyrW93sMA@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, at 03:01, hiro wrote:
> let's not pretend there's something great that you would miss out on
> without the combination of IDE hardware and the half-assed support for
> it in 4th edition.
>
> i don't know what aspect exactly of "classic" computing motivates you
> to recommend this struggle, vick.

With 9front cancel culture/tribalism aside, I find making "classic" Plan 9 work on hardware to be enjoyable.  It is an inexpensive hobby and the sense of discovery is still there.  I never thought that I'd have to justify my use of Plan 9 on 9fans.

Happy New Year!

Vester "Vic" Thacker

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-12-31 11:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-28 15:32 Duke Normandin
2021-12-28 15:50 ` hiro
2021-12-28 15:57   ` Duke Normandin
2021-12-28 16:01     ` Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir
2021-12-28 16:09       ` Duke Normandin
2021-12-28 16:24         ` Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir
2021-12-28 16:28       ` Duke Normandin
2021-12-28 16:31         ` Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir
2021-12-28 16:41           ` Duke Normandin
2021-12-28 16:48             ` Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir
2021-12-28 16:55               ` Duke Normandin
2021-12-28 16:58                 ` Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir
2021-12-28 16:59                 ` hiro
2021-12-28 17:06                   ` Duke Normandin
2021-12-28 17:20                     ` hiro
2021-12-28 17:28                       ` Eli Cohen
2021-12-28 17:35                         ` Duke Normandin
2021-12-28 17:56                           ` Frank D. Engel, Jr.
2021-12-28 18:03                             ` Duke Normandin
2021-12-28 18:11                               ` Eli Cohen
2021-12-28 18:22                                 ` Duke Normandin
2021-12-28 18:16                               ` Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir
2021-12-28 18:35                               ` vic.thacker
2021-12-28 18:45                                 ` Duke Normandin
2021-12-28 19:01                                   ` hiro
2021-12-28 19:21                                     ` Duke Normandin
2021-12-28 20:12                                       ` hiro
2021-12-28 20:26                                         ` Duke Normandin
2021-12-28 20:33                                           ` hiro
2021-12-28 20:32                                         ` Duke Normandin
2021-12-28 20:35                                           ` hiro
2021-12-28 18:44                               ` ori
2021-12-28 23:16                           ` Bakul Shah
2021-12-28 23:25                             ` Duke Normandin
2021-12-29  0:20                               ` Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir
2021-12-29  3:30                                 ` Duke Normandin
2021-12-29  3:44                                 ` Humm
2021-12-29  3:53                                   ` Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir
2021-12-29  5:10                                     ` Humm
2021-12-29  6:48                                     ` kvik
2021-12-29  3:55                                   ` ori
2021-12-30 20:37                                 ` Stuart Morrow
2021-12-28 17:23                     ` ori
2021-12-28 17:29                       ` Duke Normandin
2021-12-28 22:42                         ` Humm
2021-12-28 23:29                           ` Stanley Lieber
2021-12-29  2:34                             ` vic.thacker
2021-12-29  2:46                               ` Skip Tavakkolian
2021-12-30 16:15                               ` Glenn Holmer via 9fans
2021-12-30 18:01                                 ` hiro
2021-12-30 18:25                                   ` Steve Simon
2021-12-30 18:28                                     ` hiro
2021-12-30 19:24                                     ` Glenn Holmer via 9fans
2021-12-31 11:45                                   ` vic.thacker [this message]
2021-12-31 11:55                                     ` hiro
2021-12-31 12:42                                       ` Lucio De Re
2022-01-01  3:00                                         ` vic.thacker
2022-01-01 18:21                                           ` Stuart Morrow
2021-12-31 14:09                                       ` vic.thacker
2021-12-31 14:27                                         ` hiro
2021-12-28 16:50             ` ori
2021-12-28 16:55               ` hiro
2021-12-28 15:54 ` Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir
2021-12-28 16:08   ` Duke Normandin
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2021-12-28  1:03 Duke
2021-12-28  1:07 ` Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir
2021-12-28  3:40   ` Duke
2021-12-28 13:54   ` vic.thacker
2021-12-28 15:28     ` Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir
2021-12-28 13:06 ` vic.thacker
2021-12-28 13:58 ` hiro

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