[BozemanLUG] Older PC hardware and older distros . .

[gary hildebrand]

I'm sticking to what I know works, and I'm familiar with it.

Gary

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Jordan Schatz <jordan at noionlabs.com> wrote:

> 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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