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Hi,

Does anyone have LINUX up on a 386/40?
Specifically an old HP Vectra?

I was just curious about the performance of linux on this kind of machine...
a 40 mhz 386.

I'd love to hear some comments/experiences first hand...
I'm also interested in different hdw configurations and how they perform.

just drop me a note.

I'll create a summary and repost it.

Thanks, Howie.
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  I have a dedicated Linux box that uses a 386/DX40 CPU, it is faster
  than my HP 710 Workstation at the Salt Mine :-))).

Quote:> I'd love to hear some comments/experiences first hand...
> I'm also interested in different hdw configurations and how they perform.

   8Meg Ram, EGA :-(((.  This box is used for an Amateur Packet Radio Station.
   It uses Alan Cox's AX25 Kernel m

    Andy Pevy   G4XYW

Quote:>Hi,
>Does anyone have LINUX up on a 386/40?
>Specifically an old HP Vectra?
>I was just curious about the performance of linux on this kind of machine...
>a 40 mhz 386.

If you want to run X then memory and graphics card are more important
than CPU speed. I have a 386-40 with 8Mb and and S3 card. X runs as
smoothly as on the SUN4 machines we have here. Even when I switch the
turbo button to 16Mhz the speed is still acceptable. A friend who had
a cheap SVGA card (I forgot which one) complained that X was extremely
slow.

Regards,
 Mark van Hoeij