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Running NetBSD on IBM ThinkPad 380Z


Launched in 1998, the 380Z was one very fine ThinkPad. It was the last ThinkPad to come in the classic bulky and rectangular form factor.

I recently stumbled upon one in perfect condition on eBay, and immediately thought it'd be a cool vintage gadget to put on the desk. One could argue Dillo is exactly what a web browser is supposed to be — a productivity tool for browsing nicely-formatted hypertext documents. developing TUI and even lightweight GUI apps taking notes, writing blog posts developing a modern web browser (building dillo only takes ~20min) ;-) learning how to solve problems in a resource constrained environment wasting time on social media practicing patience and mindfulness

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