On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 09:40:51 -0700
woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
Eric Smith wrote:
Why? Linux is less OT than Windows XP, at least
in terms of age
and ability to run on old hardware.
Well linux is still 386+ stuff. Old PC hardware is pre 386+.
Ben alias woodelf
Almost the only 80386 hardware I still own is a really old full-AT
motherboard, built with a few 40 pin 8xxx Intel chips, and otherwise,
the same big bunch of TTL gates that are in a lot of old DEC hardware.
Your point well taken, though.