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[Brent Harding]

How large of a hard drive would a 486 recognize? 
At 11:57 AM 12/8/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Bruce.
>It just so happens that I had a 486 machine that was sitting around,
>which I turned into a dedicated Linux bx.  It was an 80 MHZ machine, so
>it wasn't the fastest for use with Windows, and it doesn't have to do a
>lot with Linux, but it seems to work well with my Cable Modem.  My point 
>is that you probably could use a used machine that's not the fastest,
>with the biggest HD, and gobbs of memory, that is unless you have a
>specific need for it.
>On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Bruce Noblick wrote:
>
>> Thanks to all who have responded with answers, questions etc.
>> 
>> This is a tower model.  I got a NIC card with it but still have the modem
>> since I need it to dial in to work but probably won't use it for Linux
>> unless the NIC card can't be gotten to work.  I use a sound blaster live
>> sound card because that is the one they sold with multi-channel sound.
>> I would have preferred to build my own machine for Linux and that still
>> might not be a bad idea but I don't know where to begin to get the
>> components.
>> 
>> I think for now I will persue a dual track and see which approach I can get
>> to work first.  There is something very appealing about having a dedicated
>> machine for Linux and it shouldn't be that expensive.
>> 
>> Thanks again to all who have responded to this message.
>> 
>> Enjoy!
>> Bruce
>> 
>> 
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