Re: XGS is really, really neat.

[irsman@iag.net (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <58g14e$nid@hecate.umd.edu>,
David Andrew Ross <snakey@Glue.umd.edu> wrote:
>     If you haven't taken a look at XGS yet, and you've got access to a
>UNIX box, you should really check it out.  Right now I'm running
>System 6.0.1 off of a SparcStation 4 on the other side of campus over
>the net.  =)  It's only running at about half a Mhz, so it's slow, but
>otherwise it's exactly like a real GS!
>
>     It really is a pain to go ripping ROMs, uploading them, making
>disk images, and getting XGS compiled, but it's worth it.

FWIW, I get around 2.5 MHz on my Pentium 133 running Linux 2.0.26.  And it 
is indeed a lot of fun, even if Nathan disapproves ;)