Re: Dedicated console -- MIDRANGE-L

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Hello Evan,

Am 27.05.2021 um 11:57 schrieb Evan Harris <auctionitis@xxxxxxxxx>:

In my case it wasn't the US, it was Australia... just in the interests of
geographical accuracy. :)

I stand corrected. And again learn: Assumptions are most often bad. Knowledge is better.

The 5294 was (obviously) simpler and was more rugged in my experience.

Personally, I'd prefer a 5394, for it's smaller size. A 5494 seems to be a PS/2 PC in disguise, with at least one most likely noisy fan. But then, this isn't a business-decision. ;-)

the 5394 also supported 19.2 (kb ? Mb ?)

Kilobits per second.

The diskette drive was some weird format, certainly not something I could
read with any Windows or DOS tools I had, so maybe it was a PS2 format.

This is interesting, because I was creating an image from it via dd command on Linux and could mount that image without issue. Contained a FAT filesystem, more or less standard DOS, apparently.

My favourite memory of the 5294's is having a back wall full of them and
getting a call from a broker - "I hear you might have a 5294".. Me, looking
at about 20 of them - "I'm not sure, I'll call you back"
I loved haggling with those guys.

:-)

:wq! PoC

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