Subj : Re: Am I the only one dumpster diving ?
To   : Spectre
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu May 26 2022 07:03:00

-=> Spectre wrote to boraxman <=-

 Sp> There was a time, I expected Linux would be at least a partial solution
 Sp> to that, given it gave far better bang for the buck against DOS or
 Sp> early Win systems.  But that didn't last long... where it was feasible
 Sp> if not always practical to get it installed on... a 386 class system,
 Sp> slowest I tried was a DX40 wasn't long before you couldn't... I had the
 Sp> DX40 running a MUD briefly...

My first exposure to Linux was one of our tech guys recompiling the
kernel on a 386/33 with 4 megs of RAM - took something like a day and
a half.

Then, the best you could manage was twm and a web browser, with a
handful of console network apps.



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