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On Mon, 18 Apr 2011, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> On Mon, 18 Apr 2011, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
>
> > Compaq Presario 1200 XL106 (32MB onboard RAM, 64MB added - can take 128
> > chip), 475MHz AMD-K6-2 cpu, combination video/sound chip with Trident
> > video and via82cxxx_audio sound)
>
> As someone mentioned, this is not a very linux-compatible computer, but it
> does work with pulp linux and sound, including mplayer.
>
> However, Firefox 2 does not work (illegal instruction).
> Opera 9 semi-works (menu is missing).
> Seamonkey 1.1.19 works best (in 130% of the 96MB RAM)

Seamonkey crashed out of a site before I made a 200MB swap file.

BL2 works properly with all these browsers, and they load faster.
The firefox 2 I used is from DSL, not pulp Firepup.
Did not need swap (yet).

If you must use this laptop with linux, use BL2 unless you want sound.
They both fit easily even with Win98 on there.  5.5GB hard drive.