raingloom raingloom at riseup.net
Thu Aug 5 13:22:26 BST 2021
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On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:51:29 +0000charliebrownau <charliebrownau at protonmail.com> wrote:
Gday
If anyone still has a working XT to PIII with Win9x
I would be amazed
The IDE, RLL, ISA and ATX PSU's would all be past its shelf life
Can we finally let 16 and 32bit finally die a peacefull death
FFS , you can get an Raspi, 2nd hand optiplex or even a 2nd hand 775
2nd hand that could run Modern day 64bit (aliexpress sells those
cheap xeon 775s)
Not everyone can afford a new machine. No, not even the one you arethinking of.I've done some voluntary IT support for families near the poverty linein Szeged where they could just barely afford cheap used 32 bit laptops.There are many in worse situations. The anecdote I like to bring up isthe girl who had to fill out a government form online on hersecond hand PSP so that she could have temporary housing, becausethat's all she had.If you think she doesn't deserve to connect to a website or geminicapsule, then you need to re-check your priorities.
(for context: Szeged is a decent sized city and an important educationhub with many tech companies. and yet it still has poor people. i know,shocking.)
There is also the issue of e-waste and energy efficiency, on that youshould go read this:https://wimvanderbauwhede.github.io/articles/frugal-computing/