[BozemanLUG] Older PC hardware and older distros . .

[Jordan Schatz]

Just as an aside you might look at Damned Small Linux
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ It will perform well even on that hardware
: )

Shalom,
Jordan

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 03:36:08PM -0600, gary hildebrand wrote:
> 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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