older hardware

BSD began as the Berkeley Software Distribution(s) in the late 1970’s.   BSD, Unix, Minix, Linux and, for all I know one or two more, are related closely enough that they’re often collectively referred to as "nix" or "*nix" operating systems.   I’ve tried several "flavors" of BSD in the past which wouldn’t work for [...]

I’m a computer junkie — that’s how it is — so, when I ran across a couple of Compaq Deskpro computers with unknown specifications for the price of a carton of cigarettes, which I can afford since I quit smoking a few years ago, I bought them. Soon after I arrived home I "popped" the [...]