Subj : Re: Slapping Unix on 486 machines - you too?
To   : Bob Worm
From : paulie420
Date : Sun Feb 25 2024 20:06:18

 BW> Maybe I'm being super thick but it seems like half the packages aren't
 BW> available in Alpine for x86 32 bit. I'm jamming apk files on via serial
 BW> because it can't figure out my PCMCIA network card and there's no lrzsz
 BW> package available so I'm having to hand-uu-encode-decode everything. Got
 BW> to say, not loving it at the moment!

I love coming here and seeing how many other minds are still wrapped around these platforms that we love. :P 

The Pentium offered a TINY BIT more oomph than my setup, but I hear your pain - sooner or later we won't have 25% of packages; live in the now... its a good time for retro!



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