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Re: My business card runs Linux

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Just you wait, i am working on booting ULTRIX on it, and then hopefully emulating JAZZ system and booting windows NT (video provided over virtual vnc over virtual ethernet over usb)

can you then run WSL so we can get back to Linux again?

no WSL available for windows NT on MIPS

Re: My business card runs Linux

#92
post #71

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BOM is $5 or so, PCB is $1 - am author but HN is limiting how fast i can reply :(

Very nice! At that amount your biggest expense would be in time. Have you ever considered offering this as a service to others? I'm guessing you could make some pretty big savings in parts too if you were ordering in bulk.

I think this would defeat the purpose of showing off your skills.

Re: My business card runs Linux

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Not sure who was first(as the article linked isn't dated), but remember seeing something a few years back that someone else created as a business Linux card Tracked it down: https://hackaday.com/2019/12/24/now-even-your-business-card-... https://www.thirtythreeforty.net/posts/2019/12/my-business-c... This design looks better. Both creative Edit: somehow I duplicate posted when I edited my last comment, qchris beat me…

Okay but what everybody skipped is explaining why would you need a business card running Linux. I mean, except for showing off to fellow nerds.

Re: My business card runs Linux

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post #92
post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Very nice! At that amount your biggest expense would be in time. Have you ever considered offering this as a service to others? I'm guessing you could make some pretty big savings in parts too if you were ordering in bulk.

I think this would defeat the purpose of showing off your skills.

I think this would defeat the purpose of doing things just because you want to!

Re: My business card runs Linux

#97
post #22

"My business card emulates a long-obsolete MIPS-based DEC computer, which then runs Linux" is a more accurate, and certainly significantly more impressive, description :)

I wish I still had my old DECStation 3100. I know there's an oil refinery near me that runs VAXStation 3100s to control SCADA systems still, in mint condition in glass-fronted racks in the control outstation buildings, with the protective plastic film still on the badges. I *want* those when they get decommed!

Re: My business card runs Linux

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post #94
post #54

Not sure who was first(as the article linked isn't dated), but remember seeing something a few years back that someone else created as a business Linux card Tracked it down: https://hackaday.com/2019/12/24/now-even-your-business-card-... https://www.thirtythreeforty.net/posts/2019/12/my-business-c... This design looks better. Both creative Edit: somehow I duplicate posted when I edited my last comment, qchris beat me…

Okay but what everybody skipped is explaining why would you need a business card running Linux. I mean, except for showing off to fellow nerds.

You just answered it by yourself.

Re: My business card runs Linux

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post #94
post #54

Not sure who was first(as the article linked isn't dated), but remember seeing something a few years back that someone else created as a business Linux card Tracked it down: https://hackaday.com/2019/12/24/now-even-your-business-card-... https://www.thirtythreeforty.net/posts/2019/12/my-business-c... This design looks better. Both creative Edit: somehow I duplicate posted when I edited my last comment, qchris beat me…

Okay but what everybody skipped is explaining why would you need a business card running Linux. I mean, except for showing off to fellow nerds.

I mean, you never know when you'll want to recompile a kernel in a hurry, or drop to a terminal for a quick ssh into your servers
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