I have a cable modem currently one system running NT (shudder) and the
other Redhat 5.1. The Redhat system is a Pentium 100 with 24 meg of ram.
As long as I am not trying to get streaming video under netscape all is
well.
David Rysdam wrote:
>
> I asked an @Home guy this same question and the answer was "yes". The only
> reason they have a minimum requirement is that (in the case of @Home) they
> have special software you can (optionally) run. If you aren't using that
> software your minimum requirement reverts to whatever other software you are
> running (Netscape, etc).
>
> On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 01:54:02PM -0400, John P. Marr wrote:
> > I am really serious about getting a cable modem. I was looking at the
> > system specs last night, and if I wanted to use windows 98 it suggests a
> > P166. If I want to use the cable modem with a linux system, can I get away
> > with a slower system (maybe even a 486) without losing any performance?
> >
> > John
> >
> >
>
> --
> My public encryption key is available from
> www.az.com/~drysdam/crypt/rysdam.gpg.html
> and of course www.keyserver.net
>
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