Re: [TCLUG:18634] porting to TI

["Brian Wall" <lxypi@hotmail.com>]

>If you don't want it... I'll take it....... That would be fun to play
>with.......
>

My thinking exactly when I bought.  Unfortunately I don't currently have the 
time or the funds for such a project so it's been a nightstand for about a 
year now (no complaints btw, it's been a good nightstand).  From what I can 
guess it's running some sort of proprietary UNIX.  I've talked to the 
professor who used to maintain this thing over at St. Cloud State and he 
says it really did its job (when it was the fastest machine on the market, 
of course).  FYI the mainframe itself is about 1'x1'x2'.  The drives and 
console are external.  It'll slip into most cars easily.


>_____________________________________________________________________________
>				Jonathan Kline, A+
>			     jonathankl@ism-sabis.net
>  			    System Admin and Webmaster
>_____________________________________________________________________________
>
>On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Brian Wall wrote:
>
> > If anyone is truly interested in porting linux to a TI, I have a TI 
>Network
> > Explorer (roughly 1980's technology).  I picked it up dirt cheap at an
> > auction a few summers ago.  It's got dual MFM drives, a tape drive, and 
>a
> > beautiful 15" console.  The only problem is that the console (which 
>includes
> > keyboard, video, and mouse) needs a fiber optic cable which I haven't 
>been
> > able to track down.  From what I can tell it's in full working condition
> > minus the cable.  It's more or less just taking space but if someone is
> > either interested in making a UNIX project out of it or just turning it 
>into
> > a fridge, It's a nice little piece of nostalgia.
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