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Linux challenge! (be creative)	by cian	2001-07-20 03:54:33
I have inherited an old Toshiba T4400 something-or-other laptop and want to install linux on it. Here is the super high tech spec: * 486 processor * A whopping 12MB of RAM * A how-will-I-ever-fill-it 130M of disk space * A floppy drive * A PS2 port to connect the mouse * No battery * A postage stamp-sized 10" screen * A big Key in the back to wind up the clockwork I want to install linux, however it obviously won't run Debian so was looking for advice. I was hoping to get a PCMCIA network card into it so I can network it to my PC (P933 running Debian). Does anyone have any advice on how to go about doing this, what distribution I should go for and what kernel? (I heard an early version of SlackWare was good for this kind of thing...?) I don't really care that it be portable (note the lack of battery) so I am all open to the take-it-apart-and-add-on-bits-of-household-appliances-and-old-lego approach. In fact I am an advocate of that approach, although I am confined to the garage while I do it. =) Come on guys and girls! his is your big chance to impress us all with your level of technical brilliance and (most importantly) your imagination. This thing will run <spit>Win95</spit> and <evenBiggerSpit>Word 6.0<evenBiggerSpit> so I can't admit defeat on this one. The more inventive the solution, and the more old toasters used the better! =)
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why _not_ debian?	by kossuth	2001-07-20 04:08:14
I read it somewhere during my research...	by cian	2001-07-20 04:14:49
and yet another computer will feel the ecstasy ...	by kossuth	2001-07-20 04:20:30
Why not	by nize	2001-07-20 04:18:30
Older hardware	by ideur	2006-11-19 12:55:59
oh yeah	by kossuth	2001-07-20 04:29:16
X Terminal	by bolli	2006-11-19 12:55:59
MyLinux should do the job ...	by Stacato	2001-07-20 05:13:12
slackware - older	by nimdokk	2006-11-19 12:55:59
8086 << 80386	by orkysoft	2001-07-20 07:23:15
I know...	by nimdokk	2001-07-20 07:28:18
Older slackware...	by shminux	2001-07-20 10:02:36

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