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SubjectRe: "obsolete" hardware
On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Bob Tracy - TDS wrote:
> Andrew E. Mileski wrote:
> >
> > > I too have linux running on semi-obsolete hardware and think it does a
> > > grand job.
> >
> > Nika (4MB i386DX-40) would get very upset if only her big sister
> > Nikita (32MB, Pentium 166) could run the latest kernels.
>
> Just to continue the old hardware fetish to its ridiculous extreme,
> how 'bout an 8MB 386SX/16 with a pair of 65MB RLL disks? A kernel
> rebuild on this beast is an all-night operation :-).

Oh hell. Here's a me-too: 386SX/40, 2M RAM. Makes a great serial terminal.

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