The desk and the Pentium IV PC are both *comparatively* ancient
technology :) The 'fallback position' should be very usable if it's
ever needed!
To compare: my poor old dell precision 1500MHz celeron is dual boot
WinXP and FreeBSD unix (I retain the XP partition just for doing
database conversions for one particularly shortsighted manufacturer's
pre-2000 offix software product). Starting it under XP needs a 30
minute window added for just it's startup/shutdown process anjd it's a
pig to use. It's up and operational (and is very usable even by today's
multi-processor system standards) in FreeBSD in under a minute.
davidt
On Fri, Mar 09, 2018 at 07:37:08PM -0600, Jim Nichols wrote:
> My old Dell Pentium IV machine with Windows XP installed has been idle
> since I bought a new PC with Windows 7.?? To provide me with a backup in
> case of PC problems, my son converted the old machine to operate on
> Ubuntu, which can be used successfully on the internet.?? This photo
> shows him finishing up the task.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180309-P3097270.JPG.html
>
> The machine rests on a surplus government typist's desk from the 1930s,
> whose drawers show obvious signs of being made with hand tools.?? It
> occurred to me that the workers that built it would never have dreamed
> of the technology now adorning the old desk.
>
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> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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