Old Computers
Hey guys,
I'm about to be blessed with several old PC computers. By old I mean
that some of them will not even have CDROM drives on them. I will
probably tear them all down, mix-and-match parts and make the best
system(s) I can from those parts. This is something I've done before,
so the technical aspects are not a problem. I expect to use the
resulting system(s) solely for "play" purposes to experiment with and
delve into the depths of the system programming primarily for
educational purposes. If any of you remember Scotty from the original
Star Trek series and how he spent his off/vacation time pouring over
tech manuals and playing with gadgets, well that's me!
The question is, will jessie install and run on these old systems? If
not, can I still get a debian distro that will? I expect that the
processors on at least one of them will be at least i386 or better, so I
also expect that jessie will install and run, but that my main problem
will be with drivers for the legacy peripherals.
I just can't find it within me to throw out what is, other than being
old, a good usable computer system.
I appreciate any information y'all can send my way.
--
JM
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