IF memory serves (This is going back a long way) The Amstrad PC1640 was a
286 or 386. I saw one in operation about 5 years running an accounting
package it was Very old then. I think they originally had 720K floppy
disks. I do not know about running elks on it as I haven't played with ELKs
much myself but I do know a bit about PC.
Regards,
Rod Boyce
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Olson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, 2 May 2000 18:51
To: Jan Dobrucki
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux for a really old computer
> Hi folks.
Hi. Well, looks like there aren't any other folks out there
with an
answer, so why don't I take a shot at this one :)
>
> I have a little problem. I got an Amstrad PC1640 HD20.
Real old.
Well, really old means a lot of different things to
different people. I
thought the couple origional IBM PCs I had around were old
until I bought
a late 70s TRS-80 :) *Anyway*, if it's something old enough
that it won't
run plain old Linux, but is new enough to be X86 / X88
based, you're in
the right place.
I don't
> even know how much RAM it has. So tell me, any hope for
porting Lunux to
> it, or do I have to find myself a 386 with 4 MB of RAM?
What do you want in the end, exactly?? Elks and Linux
aren't really quite
the same, despite what the name implies. Elks doesn't have
things like
networking that you may want, and due to the type of CPU
it's targeted
to, memory protection / security really isn't there either.
If you want a
more advanced Linux install, your 386 suggestion is a good
one. If you
just want to have a little fun running the old machine, Elks
may work for
you. I don't know for sure, but I have an Amstrad manual
around somewhere
for one of their Z80 based (8 bit) machines. If you're
still lost, I
could see if it just happens to be the sam model. Good
luck!
Dan
