> make something that will work for him, am I correct? The other > alternative is to install console mode linux on it and hope that the > ncurses library can be used by python. The system could be as low as a > 486 dx2 66 with maybe 16 megs of ram. Well, I just thought I'd give you > people more info on the situation. >
That's almost exactly what I was given about 5 years ago. The system I created uses a postgresql database and a python/ncurses frontend. Over the years, the system has become quite a bit more complex and I have moved to pentium systems with as much ram as I can scrounge up. They work quite well. We get pentium machines for free all the time. People are having a hard time getting rid of them. We use them for my database app or as thin terminals in our computer lab. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list