Evan T. Kaiser
Mon, 20 May 2002 15:36:29 -0700
I suspect that from that list, Linux would be the fastest choice. After that, I'd recommend Windows 95, assuming it has enough RAM (at least 16MB) as Windows 3.x is truly ancient and not really worth installing on any machine still worth the electricity needed to boot and run it. Evan At 03:12 PM 5/20/2002 -0700, you wrote: >ive got an old pb 486 id like to get running some wu for me >i know it prolly wont output very many >but right now its just a paperweight >so i might as well put it to good use > >what im needing to know is >what is the best os to run seti in >since it wont run in dos even with the cmd line version > >windows 1.01 wont install on it >or anything higher than win95 >ive succesfully installed: >win95 >win 3.11 >and a version of linux for the 486 > >any ideas or comments are welcome >== >Unsubscribe instructions: http://www.talkspace.net/mlists/setiathome.html >This list sponsored by talkspace.net: building space communities online. >Mailing list services provided by klx.communications -- www.klx.com == Unsubscribe instructions: http://www.talkspace.net/mlists/setiathome.html This list sponsored by talkspace.net: building space communities online. Mailing list services provided by klx.communications -- www.klx.com