RE: What good is a 486?
>===== Original Message From "Anthony 'Evil Twin'" <mullen@CES.ACES.UIUC.EDU>
=====
>I have a Compaq Prolinea 466. I haven't figured out the processor speed
>yet. But there's 16MB of memory, a 400-odd MB hard drive. And a 3-1/2"
>floppy.
>
>My 5-year old nephew has some educational games that can run on Windows
>3.1.
>
>Would it be worth it for me to install Linux on the machine to run his
>games? I'd have to get a CDRom, sound card and speakers. What would I
>need installed on the machine? Could I make it easy enough for a 5-year
>old to start it up and shut it down?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tony -
>
>--
>Evil Twin - one_spike
I had a similar box that I gave to my 9-year old nephew. I tried to install
Linux on it, but with the lousy display it had and the lack of drive space
&tc, I just gave up and returned it back to Win95. However, it did have a
larger hard drive than what the BIOS or Windows would recognize (by about
125MB or so), so I went ahead and partitioned that last bit and installed a
minimal Debian system on the "extra" drive space, Just In Case....
> the Man, the Myth, the Legend in His Own Mind - //~____/ ~\\
> mullen@ces.aces.uiuc.edu \\~ \ ~//
> one_kill!
>
>disclaimer - 'Evil Twin' is a nickname, the big ugly graphic on the right
> is a volleyball. The 'spike' and 'kill' are volleyball-related.
>
>
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