Robert Steinmetz wrote:
>
> Are there a lot of 8MB 486's out there?

My feet are resting on one right now!  I would love
to increase the RAM, but it has 30pin SIMM slots and
I have no spare 4mb SIMMs (but I do have around fifty
spare 1mb SIMMs).

> I also have an interest in a kernel which supports
> notebooks.  Such a kernel would have pcmcia

The ramdisk BL2 will probably not contain the pcmcia
package (although if several people *really* want it,
I'll have a look at how much room it would take).

> and radio networking enabled

Hmm, a wireless module...  I suppose one might fit in
(if it's not too big).  Is there one type of wireless
card that is more popular than the others?

> OTOH many 486 notebooks had SX processors so, math
> emulation would be desirable.

Sorry, no copro emulation is planned for the BL2 kernel.
486sx users can use a kernel from Slack71 to boot BL2
(but they will need at least 12mb RAM).

> I have also hear the SMC cards used a lot, but I never
> used them.

I'll probably be putting in the wd module (since a couple
of my computers have wd NICs).  I think the wd module might
work with SMC ULTRA NICs, but I'll have to check on that.

> I don't think this matters much, I got a PCI D-link with
> mine.

I can't see a module named D-link in Slack71.  Perhaps it's
the dlci module?  Anybody know what the D-link module is
called in Linux?

Cheers,
Steven

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