Sending IBM minicomputers to Africa (was: Free computer...)

[Jason Spiro]

On 6/22/06, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> You can buy "beige boxes" remarkably cheaply these days; when you
> consider power consumption (e.g. - megawatts per MIPS), or the cost of
> deploying RAM, they may *NOT* be a good deal.

Hmm... megawatts per MIPS...

So maybe Canadians should send the third world older IBM AS/400
minicomputers with OS/400 and OfficeVision? ;-) The 3270 terminals
would be a bit heavy to ship though, it'd be more efficient just to
link the AS/400s to IBM PC XTs running 5250 emulation software. Those
big old IBM line printers would be a bit heavy to ship too. Maybe
there's a way to hook 'em up to old HP LaserJets instead.

ObLinux reference: I wonder if Debian will work on machines that old.

As you can tell, this whole message was mostly in jest.

Mostly.

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