On 2011-05-16 20:43, Joseph Apuzzo wrote:
Chris;
He's working with system's from the late 80's or early 90's so no access
to USB or CD-ROM.
The only bet is is to use what was around when the systems were current
aka some form of DOS and maybe Word Perfect at best.
Personally I would not waist time nor the electricity on
such ancient systems ( maybe for a museum display ).
You can e-bay/cregs-list systems that will run semi-current OSes for
around $100 or less.
Sometimes the best solution is to find a different path.
You might be right, I don't know -- depends on the situation. Sometimes
that kind of hardware has a purpose.
For instance -- right now I'm looking to put together a portable packet
radio system, so I want an old laptop that has a serial port. I happen
to have one -- it's a complete piece of junk, but it'll run Linux /and/
won't be something that has any other useful purpose, so I won't care if
it gets broken or stolen.
Now imagine I buy a new netbook to do the same job. Does that fit my
need? Nope; because A) it won't have a serial port, B) it will have
other uses and so I /will/ care about it getting broken or stolen.
Gene may have a need to get this hardware working with Linux, for
whatever reason that is.
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-- Chris
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Chris Knadle
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