[H-GEN] HEADS UP: Debian for Kids

[Robert Brockway]

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On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, David Findlay wrote:

> In 1996 I started using Linux, on a nice little dinky 386. I forget what the 
> speed was, but i think it had 8Mb RAM.

[snip]

> I ran X Window System, and Emacs. I couldn't download much else on my slow 
> old modem. I also played with Lincity. So you can do stuff.

When I was a lad...

Serious, in 1994 I was running Linux on a 486DX-33 with 4Mb of ram.  I ran
X11R5 and ran slip (later ppp) on a 2400bps modem :)

Hardly seems possible now... :)
Rob

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