Re: IBM Thinkpad 755C and FreeBSD's minimal hardware requirements - still usable?

2009-10-19 Thread herbert langhans
Not a long time ago I got an old Thinkpad 600. With 300MHz and 165MB Ram. Also the same challenge - small and fast ports for daily work. I run X11 with fluxbox (installed without! hal support). Recommendable ports are: Opera (smaller then Firefox) or even Elinks (there is a setting 'graphic

Re: IBM Thinkpad 755C and FreeBSD's minimal hardware requirements - still usable?

2009-10-19 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:12:19 +0200, herbert langhans herbert.raim...@gmx.net wrote: Not a long time ago I got an old Thinkpad 600. With 300MHz and 165MB Ram. Also the same challenge - small and fast ports for daily work. I run X11 with fluxbox (installed without! hal support). Of course.

IBM Thinkpad 755C and FreeBSD's minimal hardware requirements - still usable?

2009-10-18 Thread Polytropon
Dear list, I'm about to try something strange. Recently, I got back my IBM Thinkpad 755C. It's from ca. 1995, has a 486 processor at 75 MHz, 20 MB RAM and a 640x480x256 display. The hard disk is 330 MB, but I have a 500 MB disk that I want to use. Use for what? FreeBSD, of course. Allthough this