Why I use old hardware

Re:Why I use old hardware by jfrankamp on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @01:09PM (#18980785)

then you probably only need a 486 or so? programs can manipulate text quite effectively using ancient cpus.

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Re:Why I use old hardware by marton78 on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @02:23PM (#18981705)

Clearly you have never used TypeScript, created a few packages, and bundled them.

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Re:Why I use old hardware by mixmastamyk on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @11:45PM (#18986051)

Sounds like better tools are in order. Golang produces results instantaneously for example.

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Re:Why I use old hardware by michaelmrose on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:15PM (#18982336)

Almost no present software will run acceptably on a 486 since machines orders of magnitude faster are available at walmart for $300 the question of what software would is mostly academic.

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Re:Why I use old hardware by romeisendcoming on Thursday January 24, 2019 @04:39PM (#18993263)

In 1999 we were 'upgrading' to Evergreen 586s in K12 for a lucky few boys and girls. Good times and a lot of nothing going on. PIO4 and PATA with PCI buses clocked at 33 MHZ.

Can you imagine really trying to run 20+ year old tech in developer space? 8 - 10 MB/s throughput and 70 bogomips?

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