>
> Maybe Aaron should have a look on ebay or sold for some cheap old RAM or a
> cheap old computer. How expensive can a 486 with 8Mb be? Even in the saturday
> paper I'm sure you can get them for under $100.
>
Aaron would be better off by several orders of magnitude by getting his
hands on a 486 that will take 16 Mg of ram (I have lots of 8 Mg 72-pin
stuff if he needs it) and diving to
http://lrp.steinkuehler.net
and reading the excellent info here and grabbing one of Charles's
floppy distros.
I use Eiger Linux on a Compaq 486/75 with 16 Mg to firewall my
permanent APANA connection at home (now there's a crowd that know what
Linux support REALLY means!!!).
The machine was found by a friend of mine in a gutter (No, Mike, the
machine, not my friend...). A $25 NE2000 card and I was away.
Forget the 386. With 486s now falling off garbage trucks I'd be very
surprised if you even have to break a note to get one. And when you
need a web server, get another one. Like my Osborne 483/33.
--
David
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