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With 486, the best OS is Linux, I just saw a 486 running Linux at very fast speed and
never crashed for year.

Jun Qian

Herbert Graf wrote:

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>         I had win95A working very well on a 486DX33, considering it wasn't used! :)
> It was my server, and as long as you give win95 memory it works OK, not
> quick by any means (I would never have wanted to work on that machine) but
> enough certainly for an Inet connection. How much memory does the beast
> have? 4MB is too little, 8MB is practically too little, 16MB is bare minimum
> for me. As an alternative, try Linux, it runs quite well on a 486 as long as
> you have SOME memory. TTYL

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