Baslinux mailing list

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

> > > > This email sent from a 1Mby 20Mhz 80286.... who needs more ?
> > I have sent emails from an XT with no hard drive.  Is that all you want to
> > do with your computer?
>
> No, ma'am! I wanna do one heck of a lot more, including up- and
> downloading files, writing HTML pages and testing them, and so
> on. And that's just the stuff I can do with Arachne.

All of that can be done with the 2-floppy BL3.  Or with DOS lynx (add 
lxpic to view images on another page) and ftp and a text editor.

> > I hear that later computers were more energy efficient.
>
> The laptops may be. But those big boxes that run 24/7 just gotta
> use more power than my older units that run maybe 3-4 hours a day
> max, and are powered off at the wall outlet the rest of the time.

I turn off all my computers when they are not in use.  With the power 
switch on the front of the case (or I pull the plug when I want to work on 
the newer ones, which are not really off otherwise).

ATX power supplies are a nuisance.

> .   ,-./\
> .  /     \     from Greg Mayman, in Adelaide, South Australia
> .  \_,-*_/     "Queen City of The South"    34:55 S  138:36 E
> .       v


Sindi