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old-agent

This project provides sysadmin AI agents that run on machines 30 years old, written entirely in legacy Perl. It supports legacy operating systems such as HP-UX, OpenStep, Solaris 8, Tru64, Irix, old Linux, and legacy FreeBSD/NetBSD, includes an optional Tk desktop interface, and ships a proxy for modern TLS.

Last shared For System administrators managing legacy Unix machines
01 / The problem

What it addresses

Modern AI tooling doesn't run on decades-old machines and legacy operating systems.

02 / Source history

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  1. old-agent

    This project provides sysadmin AI agents that run on machines 30 years old, written entirely in legacy Perl. It supports legacy operating systems such as HP-UX, OpenStep, Solaris 8, Tru64, Irix, old Linux, and legacy FreeBSD/NetBSD, includes an optional Tk desktop interface, and ships a proxy for modern TLS.

    Problem: Modern AI tooling doesn't run on decades-old machines and legacy operating systems.

    Audience: System administrators managing legacy Unix machines

    Posted by @kristopolous · Original comment ↗

    “Sysadmin agents on old machines. Run AI on machines 30 years old. Entirely in legacy Perl. HP-UX, OpenStep, Solaris 8, Tru64, Irix, old Linux. Legacy FreeBSD, NetBSD... Optional desktop in tk. There's even a proxy for modern tls.”