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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 3 May 2006, Alejandro Lieber wrote:

> I still use BL3 in a 386DX with 8Mby and hercules monitor
> No X.

Why do you prefer a 386 to something faster?
I also use Hercules monitor, it is easier to read, smaller, and cooler.

> Alejandro
>
> sindi keesan wrote:
> > I thought we had all our hardware under control yesterday but now we have
> > a 700MHz dumpster find that only needs a quieter power supply fan and a
> > non-stripy video card.  (They kept RAM and hd but left 2x cd burner and
> > cpu and Live! card).  Our new cutoff may be 400MHz with 128MB RAM for
> > desktops, which is suitable for kernel 2.4.31 and a larger glibc, and
> > 100MHz pentium for laptops (16MB).  Is anyone still using a 486 with BL?
> > Perhaps BL should split into a desktop branch suitable for 200MHz cpu and
> > 64MB RAM, and a laptop/floppy disk branch, with different kernels and
> > libraries.  BL4 for desktops with qemu package, etc?
>
>
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