Re: Half OT: laptop reccomendations

On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 09:23:21 +0100
Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 03:46:12 +0000, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:

> >Sidecar - you know you always wanted to carry that rack mounted server.
> 
> That's the best recommendation ever. A pity that I didn't recommended
> it, since I know somebody who owns a https://www.imz-ural.com/ ,
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMZ-Ural . An older one, that looks like
> an old faithful German BMW. Since it looks like a BMW, but is from
> Russia, you might guess it's as reliable as a BMW and an AK-47, but it
> isn't. It's as reliable as an USA operating system named Windows.

	I used to own the Cossack variant of that machine - mine was as
reliable as a BMW or AK-47, it would start first time[1] in the pouring rain
despite 6 volt electrics, a missing electrics cover plate, a loose HT lead
and (as I discovered much later) one piston that lacked both rings and
skirt (I never looked at the other one). It would also go *anywhere*, it was
a close match for a Landrover as an offroad vehicle - railway sidings are
scary things to ride up and down.

[1] If you had the knack, otherwise you could kick it all day without it
starting.

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>