OT: Re: Time to declare State of Massachusetts the ENEMY! He

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Thu Apr 15 20:59:31 1999

<>Personally, I tend to draw the line at the 386. In a Windows and GUI world
<>I really don't want the aggravation to trying to teach someone text mode
<>apps or of having to listen when they can't find *any* software. This is
<>the same reason I will never give another person an Apple II unless they
<>already know about and want one.

Most of the later 386 are ok, parts are easy and they do run winders95
though W3.1 is a better match. I know I've done it.

The real market for them is the MINIX/LINIX crowd as those OSs can really
make them sing. Minix on a DELL 316 (386slx/16 with 8mb) really runs well
and linux on same is fair.

Allison
Received on Thu Apr 15 1999 - 20:59:31 BST