On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:52:09 -0500 Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Previously, Anita Lewis chose to write: > > that's the general idea. I just finished installing slackware on a > > laptop with 4Mb RAM and using floppies. First there was the boot > > floppy with the > > So there might be a use for my old 486SX-33 Gateway laptop with 8MB > RAM? Hmmm. Maybe I could turn it into a linux terminal... It needs a > NIC, though... > > Anybody done this? Made a linux terminal using an old laptop. Is 8MB > and a 486SX-33 enough horsepower for an X-Terminal? perhaps as a terminal it might, but i tried an installation using a DX2-50 w/ 8MB... X managed to start but it took about 5 minutes and it wasn't usable except (of course) at the command line. -- Myles Green Calgary AB Canada Alberta Linux Step by Step Mirror: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mylesg/ -- There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
