[wplug] Low system requirements distro

Mike Griffin mike at dmrnetworks.com
Thu Apr 10 12:55:41 EDT 2003


168 144 72 30 - I have spares of most, what do you need?

On Thursday, April 10, 2003, at 12:52 PM, Benjamin G. Beige wrote:

> it would be a SIMM not a DIMM......most likely a 72 pin type
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> On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 01:44:02 -0700 (PDT), Rick Harris 
> <ftumph at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Half the people on this list could probably find an 8
>> Mb DIMM under their couch cushions.
>>
>> Myself included :-)
>>
>> - Rick
>>
>> --- Scott Bourns <scott at scottbourns.com> wrote:
>>> Sweet.
>>>
>>> It looks like if I can find an extra 8MB hanging
>>> around in the graveyard,
>>> I'm in business easy.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the info.
>>>
>>> Scott
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/9/03 10:29 PM, "Rick Harris" <ftumph at yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hi Scott,
>>> > > I have Mandrake 8.1 running on a Pentium 100 with
>>> 16
>>> > Mb RAM.  The machine can't boot off the CD, but I
>>> > could create a boot floppy off the install CD and
>>> it
>>> > took it from there.  No X, but it makes a great
>>> file
>>> > server.  It doesn't take much brains to be a file
>>> > server, at least if you're running an efficient OS
>>> :-)
>>> > > > Oh, and it's been up for several months.
>>> > > - Rick
>>> > > --- Scott Bourns <scott at scottbourns.com> wrote:
>>> >> Okay, guys and gals.
>>> >> >> I have a Pentium 100, 8MB RAM, 800 MB HD I want
>>> to
>>> >> save from the graveyard,
>>> >> while impressing my boss by making it useful. ;-p
>>> >> >> I only need it for a Telnet station, but I
>>> haven't
>>> >> had much luck searching
>>> >> for a Linux distro that will fit the system.
>>> >> >> Can anyone give me a nudge in the right
>>> direction,
>>> >> please? Text mode is
>>> >> perfectly fine, as well. Besides, I assume that?s
>>> my
>>> >> only choice?
>>> >> >> Thanks,
>>> >> >> Scott
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>>> > ------------------------------------
>>> > Richard Harris
>>> > 412.855.8763
>>> > rick at fogwater.com
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