Re: Debian on an old system
On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 22:05, Alan Shutko wrote:
> Alex Malinovich <demonbane@the-love-shack.net> writes:
>
> > I was approached today by a guy wanting me to write an inventory
> > control/work order system to use in his muffler shop and used car
> > dealership.
>
> We have clients running inventory, provisioning and billing software
> on 486s, with 10 or so active users on a 486 (telnet or serial
> terminals). It's perfectly doable for a text application, provided
> you have enough memory.
For many years, my grandfather's company ran it's accounting
system on a 486DX/20 w/8M RAM and 600MB HDD w/ 12 users connected
via serial terminals. It ran SCO and FoxBase+ (precursor to
FoxPro) plus the application.
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