Re: [newbie] small linux (might? of lost $10.)

2003-02-03 Thread Jerry Barton
On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 15:56:57 +1100 Trevor Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Minix (mini unix). I remember being taught that at college. Funny how I > somehow ended up with a copy. Too bad I still don't have it though. > -- > > > http://www.cs.vu.nl/pub/minix/ ;-) jerry Want to buy yo

Re: [newbie] small linux (might? of lost $10.)

2003-02-02 Thread Trevor Rhodes
Allan, > A few years ago I had a surplus 386SX (16Mhz??) with 1MB ram. There was > a version of Unix (I think this was before Linux was available) that I > did manage to run on it, albeit only in text mode. It either was BSD or > was based on BSD. > > Maybe you could find one of those old version

Re: [newbie] small linux (might? of lost $10.)

2003-02-01 Thread MG
Thanks for the responses. After reading a little bit I'm beginning to see what you mean, The processor and especially the ram (which I know I wont be able to upgrade) as Simon pointed out, are big issues. Although the ELKS link makes interesting reading. I'll poke around with it for a while, I can

Re: [newbie] small linux (might? of lost $10.)

2003-02-01 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-02-02 at 04:58, MG wrote: > Hello all, > I picked up an old toshiba notebook at a goodwill store > 12mhz cpu, 1mb ram, 32mb or 40? harddrive. Actually works > screen has some small vertical lines and I think cmos batt weak. > Has dos 3.x on it and it has a floppy drive3.5". > > Anyway

Re: [newbie] small linux (might? of lost $10.)

2003-02-01 Thread Simon Prosser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 01 Feb 2003 5:58 pm, MG wrote: > Hello all, > I picked up an old toshiba notebook at a goodwill store > 12mhz cpu, 1mb ram, 32mb or 40? harddrive. Actually works > screen has some small vertical lines and I think cmos batt weak. > Has dos 3

Re: [newbie] small linux (might? of lost $10.)

2003-02-01 Thread civileme
On Saturday 01 February 2003 08:58 am, MG wrote: > Hello all, > I picked up an old toshiba notebook at a goodwill store > 12mhz cpu, 1mb ram, 32mb or 40? harddrive. Actually works > screen has some small vertical lines and I think cmos batt weak. > Has dos 3.x on it and it has a floppy drive3.5". >

Re: [newbie] small linux (might? of lost $10.)

2003-02-01 Thread civileme
On Saturday 01 February 2003 08:58 am, MG wrote: > Hello all, > I picked up an old toshiba notebook at a goodwill store > 12mhz cpu, 1mb ram, 32mb or 40? harddrive. Actually works > screen has some small vertical lines and I think cmos batt weak. > Has dos 3.x on it and it has a floppy drive3.5". >

[newbie] small linux (might? of lost $10.)

2003-02-01 Thread MG
Hello all, I picked up an old toshiba notebook at a goodwill store 12mhz cpu, 1mb ram, 32mb or 40? harddrive. Actually works screen has some small vertical lines and I think cmos batt weak. Has dos 3.x on it and it has a floppy drive3.5". Anyways I was looking around for a small linix to put on it