Re: Kde 1 or 2 on NetBSd 5.x

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On 1 April 2015 at 16:58, Larry Stotler <larrystotler%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 10:21 AM, David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost> wrote:
>> Absolutely - I've run X between at least mips, sparc, m68k, x86, vax,
>> arm, alpha, m68k and sh3, though not anything like all at the same
>> time :)
>
> That's what I thought.  I just have never really had a reason to do
> much remote desktop other than using RDP with Windows from Linux.

Well, may be worth keeping a rdesktop client to hand, if for no other
reason to confuse people by having a full screen Windows 8 (or 10)
display on the Workpad when you have a net connection :)

>> Its definitely a tradeoff. You're going to find the memory on the Z50
>> very limiting for any modern X ish task (apart from X terminal, or
>> possibly rdesktop remote viewer)
>
> I've read that it MIGHT be possible to increase the Z50 to 64MB RAM.
> The motherboard has 2 RAM chips and 2 open pads that could have RAM
> chips.  Further, Linux reads the onboard as 0-16MB and the SODIMM as
> 33-64MB.  So, IF I could find the correct chips and solder them in, it
> MIGHT work.  If anybody has managed to do it, I haven't been able to
> find it.  But a lot of stuff this old is starting to disappear from
> the net...... :(  Granted increasing from 48 to 64MB isn't much, but
> it is 33% more, so it would help some.  That was one reason I was
> thinking of using an older version of BSD.  KDE 1 ran well on 32MB of
> RAM 16 years ago.....

I remember setting up kde1 for someone on an old sparc2 to use to
monitor the render queues from home while at Dreamworks. I also gave
them a fvwm2 option, which after a little while they switched too
exclusively for the extra speed. They still had the kde apps if they
ever needed them...

> If necessary I could use the built-in Pocket Word in the Windows CE
> system(and probably will).  Of course that's also a 16 year old
> OS.......

I'd say a very lightweight window manager to leave as much RAM as
possible for whichever X editor you pick!