10 Mar
2000
10 Mar
'00
4:57 p.m.
Hello Allison
On 10-Mar-00, you wrote:
<Old Pentium class computers make excellent kids
computers. But if you're
Whats wrong with an old 386 or 486 box? I have a 386sx/16 running W95
and despite what you might believe it's a decent quick and dirty
printserver to a HP4L. Another 286sx/25 has a ISA based logic probe
and analog card in it. I have two 486DX2/66 one running NT4/SP4 on 4.3gb
and the other running Linux (RH5.2) on 500mb, both are a kick to use and
perform surprizingly well. Both support SVGA 1mb, have networking and
CDrom. Don't put down those older and often free to cheap 386/486 boxen.
When did pentium become the required cpu?
Allison
It happened when Intel and William Gates speaketh and the world followed
obediently.
I soldier on with my 68030 @ 25mHz in a 10 yr old design. Like the VW
Beetle (original one) that was designed in the 30's and was built in the
70's and beyond.
Gary Hildebrand