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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 22:29:49 GMT
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On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 21:10:43 GMT, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley)
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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.
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> No you can't. :)
Sure you can. :)
> You can do some of that, yes. Whether or not you would shoot yourself
> in the head waiting for it is another matter.
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 people that have a 386/40 set up as a masquerading gateway to
their 115k2 leased line... barely any performance penalty. Fact is,
routing IP packets just ain't very difficult.
> Although I'm sure a 386sx/16 with 4 megs could probably dial in and
> run telnet just fine.
That it definitely can do. Lynx willl run pretty well, too. And I
suspect even a graphical browser over X-windows would beat out
Netscape + win 3.11 on a 486/33 or thereabouts... And prolly
definitely be able to keep up with a modem. especially a slow one -
let's face it, you're not gonna have a 56k modem connected to
386sx/16, now, are you?
HTH.
Jasper
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| (...) Really? I have a 386/40 (with an upgrade chip to TI 486/40) sitting here doing diddly. You're tempting me to try Linux on it. Like I really need something new to spend time on.... -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) 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. (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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