Off topic, just have to vent!

[Alex Snow]

The slowest notebook I have now is a toshiba 75 mhz with 800 megs of hdd.
I'm thinking of putting linux on it.  Toshibas are good machines.  My first
computer was a 386/8 mhz with 80 mb disk.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Toby Fisher" <toby_fisher at bigfoot.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:31 AM
Subject: Re: Off topic, just have to vent!


> On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Alex Snow wrote:
>
> > Can anyone tell me if this deal on a 486 notebook really sux? I think
> > it does. Found it on pricewatch.com: (Not New) REFURBISHED - 4400C,
> > 1Year Labor/90days Parts Ltd. Warranty 486/25,8MB/200MB Hard Drive,
> > 1.44 Floppy, Active Color,Serial/Parallel ports no adapter included
> > (Part - T4400C ) $ 89 I mean, what are you supposed to do with that?
> > Linux will barely run on it.  If someone offered me one for free, I'd
> > take it. but not for $89.
>
> Hmmm, probably the biggest problem there is the hdd, and you'll probably
> find that most of that $89 is for the lcd display.  Still, it'll handle
> Linux ok, but your bigbgest problem would probably be the lack of a cdrom
> drive, though I do believe that the Slakware A disk series will still go
> onto floppies, which is the minimum neededc to get get system up, so you
> can install over the net or whatever.  Wouldn't go for it personally
> though, as I have a 486 notebook with higher spec.
>
> HTH
>
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