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Christian Kuhtz  <chk@psa.pencom.com> wrote:
>gworthey@adnc.com wrote:
>> rnicholl@angus.ASG.unb.ca (Roy Nicholl) wrote:
>> >What I have: An OLD Sperry 5000/30.
>> 
>> Why?  I mean, why not just grab an old ibm pc 4.77mhz?  Or a vic-20?
>> What's the attraction here?
>
>5000/30's are nice. Especially the LED's under the "hood" :).. and the
>fact that the SVR2 (if memory serves) does support UUCP over TCP/IP and
>serves TELNET, FTP, and many of the r-tools through the processor on
>its Ethernet card... flame me if I've forgotten everything already :).

Believe it or not, I still have a i286 box (IBM-AT clone) still running
SVR2, and it acts as my current interface to the Internet at home.  Not
only is the TCP/IP tools and UUCP working on it, but it is running news
software, packet-ham interfaces, lab instrument software (through a IEEE
488 interface), and it also makes a good home controller -- to run the
thermostat, feed the cat, articulate the lights when I am not home, water
the grass in summer, alarm monitoring, and so on.  I even have a decent
customizable database system on it (DataFlex) to hold procedures and
parameters.

Don't discount those old boxes.  I used to work for a company that still
has one running in their office (old Motorola box, but same idea), and
they are using it as their primary Internet interface and Informix database
server, as well as a dialin server for those working at home.  The database
is the primary repository for employee information, time-sheets/time
billing, office documents -- almost everything for a paperless office.
It is also their primary email server, though I think they gateway it from
their MS Windows email setup.

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