Beau Kuiper writes:
Yeah, isn't it about time we all forgot about this off-topic stuff. No
matter what
we do, we will always get off-topic posts from newbies, ppl with nothing
better to do,
and ppl who don't know better. The traffic generated by all these replies far
outweighs the
At 14:52 30/01/99 +0100, Simon Weijgers wrote:
Hi David Murn,
Not quite. Not "Linux machines based on the 8086" more "Linux based on
the 8086".
If you can't distinguish the difference between 8086 and 80x86 maybe you
should read up on it some more.
We don't mind 8086 linux
Hi David Murn,
Not quite. Not "Linux machines based on the 8086" more "Linux based on
the 8086".
If you can't distinguish the difference between 8086 and 80x86 maybe you
should read up on it some more.
We don't mind 8086 linux questions, that's 100% what the list is for, but
On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, David D.W. Downey wrote:
Uhh, excuse me but the list says it is for linux 8086, which even to me
means it's a list for Linux machines based on the 8086 processor. ie 386,
486, 586 ect. ect.
Not quite. Not "Linux machines based on the 8086" more "Linux based on
the
Hence the misguided questions.
The real question is: what should we do about it?
Politely redirect them to the correct place?
Shout at them?
Rename our list?
Regards,
Jakob Eriksson
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