That's a GOOD idea.

I've a 486 in my closet, but cannot get it running...I think the IDE
controller is fried...can't get it to boot up the hard drive.

I don't want to let it go since I KNOW I can do something functional with it
but I don't know if it's worth buying a controller card that may cost more
than the whole computer is worth.  I may have to hit EBay and find a crapped 486
for scraps or just find a decent 486 from EBay and throw my crapped out 486
away.

Ron Sinclair

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Fountain" <derekfountain@yahoo.co.uk>
To: "SuSE English" <suse-linux-e@suse.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [SLE] 486 dx 33 under linux


> > I got some old 486dx33-isa computer as a present. it has 2400 baud
> > internal,
> > optics at 8000 cdrom, 2x 200 mb at hdd, isa ne2000 included.
> >
> > As we write 2001 already, what use has one still got for such an old
> > thing to be used under linux console environment.
>
> I have an old 486 at home too. I stuck a network card in it and wrote a
> bit of Perl which copies a bunch of important files off my server every
> night. I do backups of course, but not every day, so it's useful to have
> the latest copy on a separate machine, just in case.