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Re: A stupid DOS question.....
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 8 Dec 1998 21:10:43 GMT
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CJC@NEWSGUY.avoidspamCOM
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Jasper Janssen <janssenjasper@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 18:30:55 GMT, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve
> Bliss) wrote:
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> > I'm not familiar with PC-DOS, but all versions of MS-DOS up through 6.22
> > run great on 1MB. Even 640K. Anything more than that is just for
> > improved application functionality/performance.
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> True. But with a 640k MSDOS machine, anything more than wp5.1 is
> taxing. With a 4 meg, 386sx/16 Linux machine, you can be fully
> connected to the internet, as a server, bridge, router, or brouter,
> even, without much trouble.
No you can't. :)
You can do some of that, yes. Whether or not you would shoot yourself
in the head waiting for it is another matter.
Although I'm sure a 386sx/16 with 4 megs could probably dial in and
run telnet just fine.
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| (...) Sure you can. :) (...) Not really. A server might be slightly slow. Only for say, hosting your scans of instructions so KL can pick them up. I'm talking low-bandwidth applications here. Like, a router for one or two, maybe three people. I know (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) True. But with a 640k MSDOS machine, anything more than wp5.1 is taxing. With a 4 meg, 386sx/16 Linux machine, you can be fully connected to the internet, as a server, bridge, router, or brouter, even, without much trouble. Jasper (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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