Re: Checking out src with Mercurial

[Dave McGuire <mcguire%neurotica.com@localhost>]

On June 20, 2020 12:01:40 AM Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost> wrote:
> On 19/06/2020 23:08, Dave McGuire wrote:
>> On 6/19/20 5:09 PM, matthew sporleder wrote:
>>> I personally think running such an old and inefficient computer is, literally, immoral when a modern $30 machine can emulate it perfectly using as much electricity as a small CFL light bulb and leave over 700mb of memory to spare.
>> 
>>    Sure, but it's, to put it simply, NOT THE REAL THING.
>> 
>>    If you don't get it, that's fine.  Don't run one.
>
> But there's a massive difference between compiling and running.
> Cross compiles in NetBSD is what the base OS excells at.

  NetBSD used to run great directly on VAXen.  On real hardware.

  'Nuff said.

               -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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