There are P120/24 MB/0.5 GB machines sitting in a pile at Computer Recyclers right now. They are the dread Compaq Deskpro line we've been talking about lately, but they're $50!!! The 486 equivalent of these stylish flat boxen are running $10 with 12 MB of RAM, for the rest of us who LIKE the sound of fans and hard drives at night. -john Aaron Ard wrote: <em>> <em>> Tim, <em>> <em>> I don't know how well WINE will run on a 486. You will probly need something <em>> more. Sure linux can run on a 486, but just like windows it runs alot better <em>> on a faster machine. <em>> <em>> Aaron <em>> ----- Original Message ----- <em>> From: "John Alex Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <em>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <em>> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 7:35 PM <em>> Subject: Re: [brluglist] Yep, I'm an Amateur Needing Help <em>> <em>> > Hey Tim, <em>> > <em>> > I have a few RedHat 6.0 CDs available, though I won't be able to provide <em>> tech <em>> > support during the day via phone. E-mail or text chat tech support is <em>> possible. <em>> > <em>> > AIM: huangpo850 <em>> > ICQ: 5743545 <em>> > Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <em>> > IRC: irc.openprojects.net, #jabber <em>> > <em>> > Dang, I'm a geek. :) <em>> > <em>> > You should take a look at http://www.cheapbytes.com and buy the RedHat 7.0 <em>> CD. <em>> > It usually takes less than a week to arrive. <em>> > <em>> > Or you could bring your machine to the next BRLUG meeting. Plenty of hardy <em>> souls <em>> > to help you with the install, as well as lots of Linux distributions to <em>> choose <em>> > from. <em>> > <em>> > Welcome aboard, mate! <em>> > <em>> > John Hebert <em>> > System Engineer <em>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <em>> > Changing your state of mind through sound. <em>> > <em>> > <em>> > <em>> > <em>> > <em>> > -----Original Message----- <em>> > From: Tim Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] <em>> > Sent: 28 Dec 00 18:40:48 CST <em>> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <em>> > Subject: [brluglist] Yep, I'm an Amateur Needing Help <em>> > <em>> > <em>> > I don't currently have Linux installed, in fact I just finished putting <em>> > together a 486/120 from parts this past week. <em>> > <em>> > I only need Windows to run one app called Noteworthy and I understand it <em>> will <em>> > run under Wine or Win4lin. <em>> > <em>> > Does anyone have a Red Hat distribution I can install and would anyone be <em>> > willing to let me call them for help if needed as I install Linux and then <em>> > attempt to install Win4Lin? The Red Hat 6.2 at the library is checked out. <em>> > <em>> > Thanks <em>> > <em>> > <em>> > ____________________________________________________________________ <em>> > Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 <em>> > ================================================ <em>> > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>> > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. <em>> > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>> > your subscription information. <em>> > ================================================ <em>> > <em>> > <em>> > <em>> > <em>> ___________________________________________________________________________ <em>> > Visit http://www.visto.com/info, your free web-based communications <em>> center. <em>> > Visto.com. Life on the Dot. <em>> > <em>> > ================================================ <em>> > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>> > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. <em>> > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>> > your subscription information. <em>> > ================================================ <em>> > <em>> <em>> ================================================ <em>> BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>> Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. <em>> Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>> your subscription information. <em>> ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================ <!-- body="end" --> <hr noshade> <ul> <li><strong>Next message:</strong> Dustin Puryear: "Re: [brluglist] Yep, I'm an Amateur Needing Help" <li><strong>Previous message:</strong> Mark Orr: "Re: [brluglist] Yep, I'm an Amateur Needing Help" <li><strong>In reply to:</strong> Aaron Ard: "Re: [brluglist] Yep, I'm an Amateur Needing Help" <li><strong>Next in thread:</strong> Dustin Puryear: "Re: [brluglist] Yep, I'm an Amateur Needing Help" <li><strong>Reply:</strong> Dustin Puryear: "Re: [brluglist] Yep, I'm an Amateur Needing Help" <li><strong>Messages sorted by:</strong> [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ] </ul> <hr noshade>
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