Re: Is Linux much easier to install on 68k or PPC?

[Hamish Moffatt <moffatt@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au>]

> On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > system is a 486-33 motherboard and cpu I got for nothing,
> > 12mb of RAM, 4mb in 30 pin simms, cranky old IDEs, a soundblaster

> This is somewhat pushing the limits but still a very reasonable use for 
> an old machine with just enough resources to make it a pity to throw it 
> away but not enough to use it as a primary machine (even after upgrades).

I don't throw anything away :-) Until recently this machine was
a 386dx40 with 8mb; the upgrade was one of circumstance, rather
than need. I still have two 386-40 boards in the cupboard. My XT
is setting on the floor next to me. It gets fired up to test new
versions of ELKS, the linux for 8086 project. It has a 3C501 card in it,
the one the HOWTOs warn you never to buy, even for a joke. :-)



hamish



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