On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, chris lee wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 04:47:07 -0800 (PST), Mark Banschbach
> <mrbear37@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > >>great specs, 133mhz CPU, 96meg of ram (upgraded from 64 meg) 1.2gig
> > > > >>hdd, added a cdrom and a 2nd nic. came with win95 by default, got
> > > > >>knoppix on here for now.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>106$ total, not a bad deal for an antique like this.
> > >
> > > > >OK, now what are you going to do with it? Keep a boat in place?
> > > > >Hold a door open? Firewall? Space heater?
> > THis "boat anchor" that you are talking about would
> > be just fine for a standard desktop usage box. What
> > you need to do is install your favorite distro on it
> > and configure it with lighter weight applications.
> > Its not that much work to do, OR you could choose
> > another distro like Damn Small Linux that comes with
> > tiny apps built in.
> >
> > Using things like Fluxbox, Siag, Scite, Ted, Dillo
> > or Firebird., There are TONS of choices out there for
> > what would otherwise by M$ standards be a Boat Anchor.
> >
> > Stepping off soapbox.....
> /me dusts marks footprints off the top of his "soapbox".
>
> i think you bent the case.....
Ha! TRUE antique cases are so heavy, you'd have to drive a _tank_ over
them to do damage.
> ive got RH9 on here now, runnign great.
My main machine runs RH8 + any modifications I've made.
I don't think small machines are unusable by any stretch of the
imagination -- I used to have a 486dx2/66 with Mandrake 7.x on a 700 meg
hard drive as a router here; I just think that it's generally pointless to
_buy_ one. The OP seems to have cause, though.
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