In today land, I was thinking of running the GUI OS; not that it woul run great or whatnot - but I think it would be best for just refurbishing a Sun computer in 2025...
Yeah, a Sparc 5 would run CDE just fine and render some simple web
pages. Definitely would be a fun experience.
tenser wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
If you're going to set up a SPARC 5 in 2025, then do what god
and Bill Joy intended and run SunOS 4 with OpenWindows.
tenser wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
If you're going to set up a SPARC 5 in 2025, then do what god
and Bill Joy intended and run SunOS 4 with OpenWindows.
Forgive me, i'm pretty new to BBS'ing and am still finding out how properly reply to messages and post new ones.
One of the things I find frightening whenever I "secretly adopt some digital puppy's from the recycling-pound" is that you sometimes get very very personal insights into peoples lives. These things are often packed with haddrives filled to the brim with information that could lead to identity theft. I used to snoop around on some of those drives, but recently i've started to yank them out right away and secure-erase them. I don't even wanna know what is on there. Passwords, personal documents, scan of their social security number, personal foto's, working email accounts ... (not to mention data from third parties).. Gives me the shivers.
Do you keep all your digital finds or ? .... I find a lot of fun in restoring them, playing around with them a little but then i mostly give them away to charity or to kids who have a hard time getting access to computers.
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That said though, I know I'm going to end up frustrated trying to get anything
before christmas: 2 Lenovo Thinkstations (all-in-one machines), 27 inch screen, I5, 8 gig ram and some spinning rust; Swapped 'm out with 2 sma SSD's and punched linux on them. Gonna give them away to some kids who have a lot of cash at home so they can do their homework online.That is AWESOME! What a way to give back to your community. I wonder if
solarisfreeware.com? If you mean sunfreeware.com, I have a mirror of that
knightwise wrote to djatropine <=-
Well, yes and no. There is a lot of E-waste going to waste not because
the hardware is broken, but because its a software issue and the users
an unable to see the difference. Pick it up, Fix it up , pass it on. That's my motto
Rixter wrote to knightwise <=-wanna
One of the things I find frightening whenever I "secretly adopt some digital puppy's from the recycling-pound" is that you sometimes get very very personal insights into peoples lives. These things are often packed with haddrives filled to the brim with information that could lead to identity theft. I used to snoop around on some of those drives, but recently i've started to yank them out right away and secure-erase them. I don't even
know what is on there. Passwords, personal documents, scan of their social security number, personal foto's, working email accounts ... (not to mention data from third parties).. Gives me the shivers.
That is a good point about either wiping or destroying a hard drive
before discarding a personal computer. I have always pulled the hard
drive and saved it when discarding dead pcs. If I cannot fix it that
is. I have a hard drive reader to look at drives of any type. If the sectors are good I will use it or back it up on the replacement pc.
Then destroy it if all else fails. I have files and data going back to 1986... I am regular with my backup policy. Thank you for a good post. Rixter
Rixter wrote to knightwise <=-
One of the things I find frightening whenever I "secretly adopt some digi puppy's from the recycling-pound" is that you sometimes get very very personal insights into peoples lives. These things are often packed with haddrives filled to the brim with information that could lead to identity theft. I used to snoop around on some of those drives, but recently i've started to yank them out right away and secure-erase them. I don't evenwanna
know what is on there. Passwords, personal documents, scan of their socia security number, personal foto's, working email accounts ... (not to ment data from third parties).. Gives me the shivers.
Yeah - when I work on stuff for people, or myself, if it's 'trash'
(e-cycle bound) I will dismantle the hard drive and break the
platters. Maybe I should get in the habit of secure wipe instead
and keep those for short term backups?
That is a good point about either wiping or destroying a hard drive before discarding a personal computer. I have always pulled the hard drive and saved it when discarding dead pcs. If I cannot fix it that is. I have a hard drive reader to look at drives of any type. If the sectors are good I will use it or back it up on the replacement pc. Then destroy it if all else fails. I have files and data going back to 1986... I am regular with my backup policy. Thank you for a good post. Rixter
... Snip Snap Snip Snap Snip SnapI am bad for hanging on to things, just in case I might need them in the future. As far as the hard drives go I have actually used many of them as back up drives for personal and BBS related backups or outright drive replacement when needed. When the drives useful is obviously at an end I use a demagnetizer and then an old fashioned hammer. Lol.
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Rixter wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
Yeah - when I work on stuff for people, or myself, if it's 'trash'
(e-cycle bound) I will dismantle the hard drive and break the
platters. Maybe I should get in the habit of secure wipe instead
and keep those for short term backups?
I am bad for hanging on to things, just in case I might need them in
the future.
As far as the hard drives go I have actually used many of
them as back up drives for personal and BBS related backups or outright drive replacement when needed. When the drives useful is obviously at
an end I use a demagnetizer and then an old fashioned hammer. Lol.
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