Matthew Sparby

Today I picked up a few machines including what I thought was an #IBM #PentiumPro 200.

It turned out to be a DUAL Pentium Pro 200. Sweet!

#VintageComputing / #RetroComputing

Jul 4, 2023 at 5:14amWeb
Show threadMatthew SparbyJul 4, 2023
Trying to decide which OS would be best for this setup.
Show threadMatthew SparbyJul 4, 2023
Ooh! It's #Y2k OK!
Show threadMufasaJul 4, 2023

@Cloudscout

This only confirmed my instinctive answer to your operating system question.

Windows 2000 Professional if you’re going with Windows.

Show thread🇺🇦 haxadecimal 🚫👑Jul 4, 2023
@Cloudscout
OS advice from Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie:
https://youtu.be/d85p7JZXNy8
Every OS sucks

YouTube
Show threadGen X-WingJul 4, 2023
@Cloudscout I ran Linux and NT4 on my dual P90, so those would be my suggestions.
Show threadEthan BlantonJul 4, 2023
@breadbin @Cloudscout I agree, NT 3.51 or 4 for Windows, Linux 2.0ish for Linux, or maybe BeOS.
Show threadEthan BlantonJul 4, 2023
@breadbin @Cloudscout Maybe AIX if it's a supported configuration.
Show threadGen X-WingJul 4, 2023
@elb @Cloudscout Could also try OS/2 :)
Show threadMatthew SparbyJul 4, 2023
@elb @breadbin ooh. I didn't think of trying BeOS on this. The funny thing is that I specifically planned to run BeOS on two of the other systems I picked up at the same place tonight (a Mac and a Mac clone).
Show threadderSammlerJul 4, 2023

@Cloudscout Depends on what you want to do with it, really.

My choices would be either "IBM Warp Server Version 4 Advanced SMP" or Solaris.