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Re: A stupid DOS question.....
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 9 Dec 1998 13:38:11 GMT
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On Wed, 9 Dec 1998 02:29:52 GMT, legoverse@geocities.com (Terry K)
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> On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 22:29:49 GMT, janssenjasper@hotmail.com (Jasper
> Janssen) wrote:
> > > 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?
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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.
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> Like I really need something new to spend time on....
Biggest problem would probably be disk space. If you're going for a
good distribution + X, you'd need in the order of 2-300 megs or so. in
80-100 megs, you can just about the most basic tasks , and be a
router/gateway. And maybe an inhouse POP/SMTP/NNTP server, of course
:)
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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