thinking of the "ultimate" retro x86 PCs - what bits to seek/keep ?
Sean Caron
scaron at diablonet.net
Thu Jun 2 17:16:52 CDT 2016
On Thu, 2 Jun 2016, Swift Griggs wrote:
>> CD-ROM was less work for installing Windoze 3.10/3.11 than a couple
>> dozen floppies.
>
> Or installing SLS or Slackware with 40 floppies. :-)
>
> -Swift
>
Oh, man, that brings back memories. Trying to bang Linux onto a 386SX-16
with 4 Meg RAM and some puny little hard drive ... My first NAT box! It
was pretty excruciating to use, LOL. I bet the throughput could be figured
in kpps... ;)
Best,
Sean
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