Messages in this thread | | | From | Rafael Diniz <> | Subject | Re: obsolete code must die | Date | Wed, 13 Jun 2001 22:23:28 +0000 |
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> >i386, i486 > >The Pentium processor has been around since 1995. Support for these older > > No. Both of my cheap on-site systems for occasional access are 486s. > Why would I spend money for a system that is hardly ever used? I have 386's that I still use.
> >ISA bus, MCA bus, EISA bus > >PCI is the defacto standard. Get rid of CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ISAPNP, > >CONFIG_ISAPNP, etc > > No. There are still plenty of unique ISA cards around. How about all the isa ne2000 around the world?
> >MFM/RLL/XT/ESDI hard drive support > >Does anyone still *have* an RLL drive that works? At the very least get > > rid > > OK, I haven't seen one of these for nearly 10 years. My 386 have one of these.
> >parallel/serial/game ports > >More controversial to remove this, since they are *still* in pretty wide > >use -- but USB and IEEE 1394 are the way to go. No ifs ands or buts. ow, I think that you are in the future :-)
> Send me the funds to replace my laser printers please. I want it too.
> >a.out > >Who needs it anymore. I love ELF. > > OK, everything that I had in a.out was converted within a year of > ELF's introduction. There are some non open source programs that are a.out...
I want to continue to use Linux on my 386!!!!
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