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  • (Score: 1) by pTamok on Tuesday February 24, @01:14PM

    by pTamok (3042) on Tuesday February 24, @01:14PM (#1434753)

    If it can run LibreOffice.

    For nostalgic reasons, I could also go for DEC VMS, running ALL-IN-1 [wikipedia.org] and 20/20 [wikipedia.org]. Throw in an LN03 printer, DATATRIEVE [wikipedia.org] and a VAX FORTRAN compiler, and I'd be all set.

    If the system were a VAXstation 4000 model 90 or 96, I could do graphics work as well. Although with 20/20 and a VT125, plotting graphs was possible with the ReGIS [wikipedia.org] capability. A VT340 would give you colour graphics: ReGis, Sixel [wikipedia.org], or Tektronix 4010/4014 [wikipedia.org], although I'd probably need a DEC Terminal Server to get full multi-session capability.

    I miss the days of efficient computing.