The collected works of crimsonVGX

I used to lurk here back in the day but family and changing jobs back in 2008 meant a curtailment of the time I had free for all my interests. Things are more settled now (son is 7 years old already!) and I can spend a bit more time in the computer cave, with:
1. SS IPC with TGX+, SunOS 4.1.4 - first UNIX box I bought, runs fine on its 2nd PS; HD is 20+ years old...
2. 3xSS20, with 2xSX & a ZX; 2 on Sol8, 1 on NextStep 3.3; one of these has been a main machine of mine since 2000 (was my router & PPP link back in the dial-up days, using IPF to keep the unwashed hordes at bay);
3. SS5 with TCX, running NextStep 3.3 (mighty quick compared to my NeXT black HW);
4. Ultra 60 with Sol 10 (currently down).
Looking to pick up a Blade 2500 soon...

So, I'll add to my entry by posting this from the SS20 (with dual 75MHz SuperSPARC-II & SX "fb", running Sol 8 with OpenWindows as the GUI). Patience was required in order to get to here using FF 2.0.0.20....
I have a SS2 & a SS10 around for which I reprogram the NVRAM when I fire them up. And an Ultra 2 (2x300MHz, Creator3D FFB2+) that awaits a new PS...

ClassicHasClass: I have a long-dead SPARCbook 1 in a box. I'm pretty sure I don't want to try reviving it....
My earlier post was done from a PowerMac 1.25GHz MDD running OS X Tiger, using TFF 38 <bows to ClassicHasClass>. The newest computer in the house that I use when not in the subterranean computer cave is the last version of the PowerBook (1.67GHZ iwth hi-res screen). Everything in the cave is much older, back to PI's and PowerSeries towers (including a Twin Tower 120GTX)....

I'd have to try finding the SPARCbook-specific SunOS 4.1.3 (?, might be 4.1.1)
install - that'd be a miracle in itself (heck, ATM, I can't think where my
4.1.4 CD is located should the disk on my SS IPC tragically go south...).

Yes, I'd like to continue with 'Adventures in SunOS/Solaris-land' by running
Sol 10 on a Blade 2500 (and see how FF 38 is on there!). I used Sun-3/80's in
school, then later Suns professionally from 1991-2004, so a successor to the
Ultra workstation-line for inclusion in the computer cave is certainly in order.

Thank you very much for continuing to hone your computing skills through the
years, though you've changed fields pretty radically. And I'd say you've succeeded
pretty spectacularly, given just the content you offer up on Floodgap! TFF,
Mosaic, Gopher (oh, yeah, I remember when this was the cat's meow), Classilla
(runs on my 7200/120). And the HW : PDP/11 (my intro to UNIX - Research Ver.
6), KIM-1 (used one in high school), Newton, Solbourne, oh, my! Just looking
makes me want to pull out the first computer I actually bought - an Ohio
Scientific Challenger 4P...

I've ended up in the medical field as well - I monitor EMG and evoked potentials
intraoperatively during spine surgeries at the Univ. of Virginia Med. Center...

Cheers,
Michael Doyle
Charlottesville, VA

P.S. Hopefully this is a successful submission via NS 4.5 on the SGI I^2 R10k
that I've been reviving this week...