On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Justin Keyes wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 20:41:05 -0500
> ethan zimmerman <lists@ethanzimmerman.com> wrote:
>
> > Okay I wish to breathe new life into old hardware by turning an old pc
> > into an email-checking-web-browsing-solitaire-playing machine.
> >
> > First the bad news (the hardware)...
> > - 486DX 50Mhz
> > - the bios can't see partitions bigger than 512MB
> > - and it's running windows 95 (hehe)
>
> Put about 64 MB of RAM in that machine. You can get it for next-to-
> nothing on ebay.
Make sure you look for SIMM not DIMM... at least that's what it probably
takes. I see 399 hits on ebay for 'simm'. Some of those are no good.
Also note the allowed sizes, EDO / non-EDO, number of pins (30 / 72), pair
installation requirement, minimum speed, and parity ignored / allowed /
required.
> It will make a large difference for running X.
Yup. And for compiling apps.
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