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  • From: Lee Forrest <lforrestster AT gmail.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] 486 Laptops/Gmail on BL (was: USB modem and wireless <blahv>)
  • Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:46:31 -0800

On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 06:35:01PM +0000, sindi keesan wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Lee Forrest 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.
>
> We have had XT laptops with 1 or 2 floppy disks and sometimes a hard
> drive, an XT luggable, a 286 luggable and laptop, and I think we still
> have three working 386 laptops one with 3MB RAM (runs linux slowly) and
> two working 486s (with 12MB and color, and with 2MB and no color).
>
> > > I didn't even know they _made_ 486 laptops.
> >
> >What about gmail with BL, all that TLS/SSL stuff?
>
> Should work fine on a 486. If you need a GUI don't try with 3MB RAM.
> Sindi

I can live without a GUI if I can run screen (or gpm as a last
resort). But how about download speeds from the internet?

Lee





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