Re: Very old hardware...
My DOS/Linux dual-boot at home was constructed from spare parts,
including a cast-off Dell motherboard from work that is old enough to
support two physical floppy drives (it has a 360k and a 1.44M).
It runs IBM PC-DOS 2000 (lightning fast), with DOSSHELL, WordPerfect
5.1, Quattro, and Xerox Ventura Publisher (DOS/GEM Edition).
And it runs Ubuntu Hardy Heron, with a fairly old version of Gnome.
Perhaps if I were configuring the Linux side of it today, I might have
used Debian, and consulted this List for guidance.
It does NOT run WinDoze, and neither does my PC-DOS 2000 notebook (a
486). I don't allow WinDoze in the house.
And as to computer museums, I highly recommend the CHM, in Mountain
View, CA. The only real fault I've ever found with it is that they did
not see fit to include an IBM Merlin (neither a drive, nor even a pack)
in their early removable-pack hard drive exhibit.
--
James H. H. Lampert
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