Re: Why bother?

["Chris Herborth" <chrish@qnx.com>]

What you wrote:
> I used to use MiNTnet and lynx (thankyou to whoever compiled Lynx) but
> since getting hold of a PC (a neccesary evil these days) I don't need
> to.

Well, my ST is still the only computer in my house... kinda sad that the
game console beside the TV (Jaguar) has so much more power than my
computer.  Pity it doesn't have a keyboard...

I refuse to waste my time with PC hardware, even though I could probably
put together a sensible system ('486dx2/66 or more, 16M RAM, local-bus
video, local-bus SCSI) using parts laying around at my office... it's
just too nasty.

I do plan to replace my ancient ST with a BeBox, just as soon as I get
accepted as a developer.

> How about everybody else, what do YOU use MiNT for?
> 
> Okay, so you've got a UNIX type system running, but what about real
> world applications (things other than porting programs and getting
> them to compile). I'd be very interested to know.

- minicom (term program)

- GNU EMACS (editing code, editing text, editing HTML)

- Python, C, C++ programming

- porting :-) stuff; usually if I port something, it's because I
  want to _use_ it

- lynx, ncftp, telent for networking

- CAB web browser, using Dancer's interface to MiNT-net; this is WAY
  more stable under MultiTOS with MiNT-net than it is under TOS with
  STiK

- W windowing system; this doesn't exactly have loads of applications,
  but it's very easy to develop for

Once I get my BeBox, I'd like to develop a TCP/IP driver using the MIDI
ports; then I can use MiNT-net and NFS to transfer stuff back and forth
easily... I don't really want to fill up the case with the huge
(full-height 5.25"!) gig disk I'm using with my ST.

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