Re: Where do you put your swap partition?

[Brian McKee <map@map-heb.com>]

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On 23-Jan-08, at 9:09 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:

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> On 01/23/08 19:44, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 07:17:50PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > > I'm really gettin' old!
> > > Have you yet bitched and complained how kids today have it so much
> > > easier, and don't appreciate what they have?
> >
> > I'm getting a new-to-me dot-matrix printer (Epson LQ-2080) delivered
> > tomorrow.  Next week I expect a VT-520.  I wonder how many VT-520s a
> > modern computer could support?
>
> Directly attached via a serial multi-port card, or via an Ethernet
> terminal server?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_server
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DECserver
>
> >                                  When people had terminals instead of
> > computers on their desks, how big was a computer with 2 GB ram and  
> > 500
> > GB hard drive space and the power of a modern CPU (e.g. Athlon64)?
>
> The last time I had an actual real-live VT220 on my desk was 1991.

I've got a bunch of them here on a skid if you want another one :-)
With some Wyse and other brands for variety.

I'll sell the serial port multi card(s) if somebody actually wants  
it....

Brian
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