Chad Fernandez wrote:
>
> No, the 486 is mine. It's been a project computer for quite some time.
> It started life as a 386DX-25, but was upgraded to a 33 before I got
> it..... I think it actually may have had the whole MB replaced. I
> dropped in a coprocessor and then a TI 486 upgrade chip, and lots of
> memory. The old 386 board had 16 30-pin simm slots!! I think I had
> 48megs of ram in it...... more than a lot of 486s. Finally, I located a
> 486 board that would fit this case. I had already retired the computer,
> when I found the 486 MB, so I have been working on it very very slowly.
> I keep on running into troubles with it crashing. Every time I think I
> have it figured out, that wasn't it.... still freezes up. In testing, I
> using Win95, but I plan to switch to Linux..... actually maybe Freesco,
> and use it like a network. I don't have a network, but would like to
> start a small one.
>
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
A 486 makes a nice Linux box providing you don't run X-windows.
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Received on Tue Dec 25 2001 - 18:03:13 GMT