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Mini-Mainframe at Home: Installing a Modern OS

• eschaton 8y ago
  It wouldn’t surprise me if installing the latest NetBSD would Just Work on this hardware, SMP and all.
• blaeer 8y ago
  windows running in a main frame, what a joke...
• gayprogrammer 8y ago
  I'm confused that Windows XP is the "Modern OS", and I want to know why there is no mention of any kind of linux.
  • thunderbong 8y ago
    I suppose it's to do with the drivers. Genuine question - why does it matter? If the goal is get some hardware up and running with an OS, I've found it easier to get drivers for Windows OS, even older versions, compared to Linux. And that includes the more recent versions of Linux.
    • kingnothing 8y ago
      XP is an 18 year old OS that hit end of life in 2014. It isn't modern.
• yarrel 8y ago
  No part of this title is correct. Except possibly the "at home" part.
  • deleted 8y ago
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  • karmakaze 8y ago
    Opened the link to find 6x Pentium Pro. I think this person has never used a mainframe to know what its I/O capacity is like.