You've all heard of pc upgrades; I've just fluttered a few quid on a
downgrade. Exact specs (Intel)'386, 4MB, 40MB HD, ISA bus, cga (sub
hercules) orange screen.
Why? I hear you ask in pained anguish. Well It's luggable (The size above
laptops - transportable but using standardish parts). I can get cheap pc
oscilliscopes, cheap pc eprom programmers, and even cheap pc logic analysers
and use them in my business. I can also use it for plc programming. If the pc
is luggable, I can get that kit around the place. I even have an Analogue
Signature Analyser which runs off a pc serial port and helps greatly in my
hardware repair business - if I have a serial port handy. Enter the luggable.
Plans are: remove M$ windows if present. Upgrade in the new year to vga if
possible, and mebbe upgrade the m/b to get a more expandable beast in there.
Meanwhile, what do people suggest as a form of Linux?
It will have to share 40MB with Dos 6.22 and windes; not M$ windows: A cheeky
winME impersonation that runs on a 286! If I may advertise the writers
http://www.maniasoft.com ). If I may not ...OOPS sorry!
The miniature linuxes I've tried are: Tomsrtbt - fine, but inscrutable and
difficult to modify; mulinux - d/l'ed something, got past the tar command but
hung on the make, and lost intest 'cos I got busy. I don't mind a console
only interface, but a version of X would be better
--
Regards,
Declan Moriarty
Applied Researches - Ireland's Foremost Electronic Hardware Genius
A Slightly Serious(TM) Company
Experience is like a comb,
that Life gives you - AFTER all your hair has fallen out!
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