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Re: A stupid DOS question.....
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sat, 12 Dec 1998 07:23:09 GMT
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On Wed, 9 Dec 1998 13:38:11 GMT, janssenjasper@hotmail.com (Jasper
Janssen) wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Dec 1998 02:29:52 GMT, legoverse@geocities.com (Terry K)
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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....
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> 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
> :)
Cool, it has a WD 340 meg drive. Sucker cost $400 dollars new at the
time. <shudder> Just think what that can buy now in a hard drive.
-- Terry K --
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| (...) Going to a totally different sort of off-topiuc now, to keep this thread alive :) When I bought my first comp, from my very own money, I bought a DX2/66/4 meg/420 meg/14" thingy for $1000, added extra 4 meg (at a friggin' $160), and some (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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