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This is a dual Pentium Pro running NetBSD.
Check out the floppy museum for hints on how to get in touch. Or, you know, ping me on the fediverse. :)
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@ltning@weirdr.net

Search results for tag #unix

Jay 🚩 :runbsd: boosted

[?]Jay 🚩 :runbsd: » 🌐
@jaypatelani@bsd.network

sysadmin socks && Thongs.

    Jay 🚩 :runbsd: boosted

    [?]Jay 🚩 :runbsd: » 🌐
    @jaypatelani@bsd.network

    A successful boot is often just beyond the moment you feel like giving up on that obscure piece of hardware. Keep hacking—the moment you can finally say, 'Of course it runs NetBSD,' is closer than you think.
    🚩

      Jay 🚩 :runbsd: boosted

      [?]Jay 🚩 :runbsd: » 🌐
      @jaypatelani@bsd.network

      [?]ltning » 🌐
      @ltning@larry.weirdr.net

      The ol' 486 has also been upgraded to 11.0-RC2. It's frankly amazing this thing still holds together.


      Neofetch output showing the config: NetBSD 11.0 RC2, AMD 486-class CPU, 128MB RAM

      Alt...Neofetch output showing the config: NetBSD 11.0 RC2, AMD 486-class CPU, 128MB RAM

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        [?]Ltning » 🌐
        @ltning@weirdr.net

        UPgraded this Pentium Pro to 11.0-RC2 - Thanks, logix! ;)


        Screenfetch output showing an Xterm window with the specifications of the machine: NetBSD 11, Intel 686-class CPU, R200-class GPU, 492MiB RAM (?)

        Alt...Screenfetch output showing an Xterm window with the specifications of the machine: NetBSD 11, Intel 686-class CPU, R200-class GPU, 492MiB RAM (?)

          [?]Jay 🚩 :runbsd: » 🌐
          @jaypatelani@bsd.network

          🚩: for when you need your OS to run on anything, including prism power!

            Jay 🚩 :runbsd: boosted

            [?]Jay 🚩 :runbsd: » 🌐
            @jaypatelani@bsd.network

            [?]Jay 🚩 :runbsd: » 🌐
            @jaypatelani@bsd.network

            Hear me out is trick by big deep tech corporations to harm orgs.

              [?]jbz » 🌐
              @jbz@indieweb.social

              :t_blink: Unix 🤝 Amiga

              「 Amiga UNIX (also known as “Amix”) was Commodore's port of AT&T System V Release 4 Unix to the Amiga in 1990. Like many early Unix variants, Amiga Unix never became wildly popular, but it is an interesting sidestep in the history of the Amiga 」

              amigaunix.com/doku.php/home

                [?]Jay 🚩 :runbsd: » 🌐
                @jaypatelani@bsd.network

                Celebrating with the most portable OS on the planet. 🌍

                Whether it's the embedded controller inside a vintage radio or the legendary NetBSD Toaster 🍞, the ham/ 📻category in has you covered.

                Why just make toast when you can transmit packets over the airwaves at the same time?

                  [?]Tionisla » 🌐
                  @Tionisla@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                  Just a shout out to everyone directly or loosly involved in *BSD world here on fedi and elsewhere.
                  Thanks for having me here. It's been a couple of years now since I migrated from Linux and really enjoying it.

                  be safe and keep up the excellent work,

                    Jay 🚩 :runbsd: boosted

                    [?]Jay 🚩 :runbsd: » 🌐
                    @jaypatelani@bsd.network

                    New year, same love for clean code. 🧡

                    I saw @netbsd 🚩was short $327 on their 2025 funding goal, so I sent a donation to start 2026 on a high note.

                    Wishing the team a great 2026.

                    Wishing all BSD users Happy New Year ahead!

                      [?]ICM » 🌐
                      @icm@mastodon.sdf.org

                      Would you like to see UNIX V4 on MissPiggy?

                        [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
                        @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

                        I’ve updated my nvi cheatsheet with practical examples for startup commands (-c) and classic vi ↔ Unix workflows (!, %!).

                        The page is a living document, and the RSS feed now tracks updates properly.

                        nvi cheatsheet: https://4c6e.xyz/nvi.html
                        RSS feed: https://4c6e.xyz/rss.xml


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                          [?]Ltning » 🌐
                          @ltning@weirdr.net

                          I had on another 286 for a while, and there's some 16-bit "port" of Linux that is not as old as it should be. And of course the venerable OS/2 1.x, and a few actual variants as you point out. I didn't know about V6on286, that's a beautiful little nugget, thank you!

                          All of those things are absolutely wonderful and make many of todays software developers look ... spoiled? What I want, however - and what I love doing - is making this old hardware do stuff its makers never dreamt of, things that are as far removed from their time as possible. That's why I will, if permits, run bleeding edge BSD on a 286-on-486steroids, and why I run web+ftp+irc servers (yes, multitaskign) on one 286 and multiple BBS nodes on a 386 - like one used to do, of course.

                          I cannot state often enough how amazing it is that there's still software developed today that will work under such constraints.


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                            Jay 🚩 :runbsd: boosted

                            [?]Ltning » 🌐
                            @ltning@weirdr.net

                            I did a thing so I don't have to wait 20+ seconds to SSH into (or out of) my running .

                            https://github.com/ltning/sshbench


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                              [?]Ltning » 🌐
                              @ltning@weirdr.net

                              There are only hot girls here. See proof in attachment.
                              Note that the compiler process is running with nice so as not to make the poor lady freeze too much.


                              Picture of NetBSD X11 desktop with htop(1) and hot-babe CPU monitor.

                              Alt...Picture of NetBSD X11 desktop with htop(1) and hot-babe CPU monitor.

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                                [?]Ltning » 🌐
                                @ltning@weirdr.net

                                And here we are. is simply amazing.


                                Console screenshot. Plaintext 80x50 mode, with screen(1) running htop(1) and neofetch(1), split horizontally.

                                Alt...Console screenshot. Plaintext 80x50 mode, with screen(1) running htop(1) and neofetch(1), split horizontally.