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Re: [BL] 486 Laptops/Gmail on BL (was: USB modem and wireless <blah>)

From: Ron Clarke <ariadne AT ausreg.com>
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Subject: Re: [BL] 486 Laptops/Gmail on BL (was: USB modem and wireless <blah>)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:25:23 +1100

Hi Folks,

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:51:15 -0800
Lee Forrest <lforrestster AT gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 08:13:15PM +1300, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> > Lee Forrest wrote:
> > >
> > > If I have to spend $90 I'll just start buying
> > > up 486's wherever I can find them.
> >
> > For that kind of money, you should be able to buy
> > several 486 laptops. I love 486 laptops.
>
> I didn't even know they _made_ 486 laptops.

I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop, '486, 75 MHz, 16 MB RAM, but without a
network card.
I have run it with a dial-up account using a serial modem, running Arachne.
It is a bit slow, but it runs OK on just a few colours.

Regards,
Ron

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