On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 07:45:39 +0200 Vincent Voois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Packard Bell AKA Packard Hell, there is not any harder pain in the ass you can > mention than Packard Bell. > It's even harder to install Linux on it. Long time ago, I had one of those things. 386sx it was, purchased from Montgomery Wards. I did manage to install linux but that was the early days and I didn't have much in the way of modern hardware -- I needed to get a real monitor and a better video card to run X at anywhere near acceptable levels. It otherwise worked fine even in 4 megs of RAM - this was back in the SLS days :). Of course, even with text terminals and 4 megs of ram (later upgraded to 8 megs -- woohoo) it just kicked a$$ and ran rings around Windows (3.1) and Desqview. For instance, I couldn't run my HST modem at high speed in 3.1 but could in Linux :). On the downside, there were some bad design issues with the thing (f.e., uarts soldered on the motherboard) and early on developed a problem with the floppies. Since it was still under warranty, I opted for factory service, which turned out to be a three month wait. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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