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Eric Maquiling <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 9 Jul 2001 11:41:39 -0700
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Today, The Esteemed Jack R Payton gathered electrons and wrote:

> > Maybe this group has some ideas/suggestions.
> >
> > Other than the obvious "Boat anchor", what use is an IBM-AT, with a
> > 20 meg
> > HD?  Not sure of the vintage, it's been out in the garage too
> > long.  Probably about 4-8 Meg speed.

I had one of those and I installed Linux on it just for fun.  You can do A
LOT with a 386 and LInux.  Like routing, email, etc.  Also a very good
learning tool if you want to learn something like vi or how networking
works etc, etc.

--
Eric "emaq" Maquiling

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