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[Dean Coffey <dean_coffey AT alltel.net>]

3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> rvijay07 wrote:
>
> > With PCs becomming so cheap is there a need for 
> > Projects like BL ?
>
>
> Cheap to you is not cheap to me.  486 laptops with
> 4mb still sell for $50 on our local auction.  My best
> laptop is such a machine (which I upgraded to 12mb by
> purchasing a $10 used memory module).  I use it for
> Powerpoint-type presentations using BL3 and MagicPoint.
> Is it useful?  Hell yes.  Without it, my submissions 
> to the local council would have much less impact.  
> My opponents have fancy Powerpoint laptops for their 
> submissions.  Without my MagicPoint I would be at a 
> severe disadvantage (unfortunately elected councillors 
> are more impressed by colorful graphics than reasoned 
> analysis).

Same here.  I recently bought an IBM 486 SX-33 with 8 Megs of RAM and 
250 Meg HD on ebay super cheap, IMO--US$15.  I have BL1 running on it 
now, and I'm in the process of getting X running on it.  Just needed 
something to tinker with and use the Internet every once in a 
while--much to painful with Win3.1 for me.  So, I have quite a bit of 
space for DOS apps, and a good chunk of the small HD is now dedicated to 
BL1.

--
Dean