[BozemanLUG] Older PC hardware and older distros . .

[gary hildebrand]

I've aquired a 200MMX HP computer, and it works okay with (cough cough)
WIN98, but I want more than that, of course.  I'm limited by the BIOS for
max HD size at 8.4 Gb, which is barely enough for the new distros when you
load everything.

I'm looking for 72pin SIMMS, 60ns EDO or FPM, to fill six slots to get the
RAM up to or beyond 256 Mb.  I'm also looking for a source of SCSI drives
that I can use (a work-around the BIOS - IDC drive limitation).  SCSI-3
preferred, but I'll settle for SCSI-2 if they're 9 Gb or so.

It won't be a screamer, but I can use it for my more mundane work.  I've got
my laptop for SOTA computing, anyways.

If you know of anyone in the greater area, even Butte/Helena/Billings who
might have some really old junk laying around, I could scrounge up the RAM,
or an IDE hard drive that won't blow the BIOS limit.

Also, I'm trying to find older distros of Mandriva/Madrake 7.2 or so, and/or
SuSE 7.x/8.x/9.x.  I know these will load and work just fine with legacy
PC's.  I have a CD drive, but no DVD . . . yet.

Gary Hildebrand

wa7kkp <at> gmail <dot> com
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