Re: Old Computers

[Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>]

On 06/04/2015 05:44 PM, Jose Martinez wrote:
> On 06/03/2015 09:55 AM, Mike McClain wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 07:04:13PM -0500, Jose Martinez wrote:
> > > And I will probably not use these system(s) on line much if any at
> > > all.  So most of the security issues will fixed or not will not
> > > really be a problem in this situation.
> > >
> > > I see I've sparked a pretty good discussion on the list.  I sure
> > > appreciate all the advice/information it will come in very handy
> > > when I actually have the systems in hand.
> > > --
> > > JM
> > If you need linux on a 386 that's where I started with DosLinux.
> > I still have a copy if you're interested. As I recall no Xwindows just
> > command line.
> > Mike
> > --
> > "Why fit in when you can stand out?"
> >      - Dr. Seuss
> I may take you up on that, depending on what I end up with. Hopefully,
> I'll have at least one motherboard with a pentium class chipset.  But,
> still, it might be interesting to get even the older ones up, just for
> laughs.

Just for ducks I installed Caldera to an older machine. It was pitiful 
to watch Netscape Navigator try to update itself. :( Ric



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