Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 7 Jun 1997 13:29:18 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: "obsolete" hardware |
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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 :-).
Don't think you are joking? The machine I am trying to "upgrade" to a new kernel __IS__ a 8MB 386SX/16 ! Fortunately it does not have an IDE disk/controller. I just may have to give away my 'old' 486-DX/66 motherboard I removed when I installed my new dual Pentium board on my SMP machine.
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