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 http://members.tripod.com/~WIGGLIT http://members.fortunecity.com/wigglit ICN 3765104 irc.mdsog.net, #dsm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Fountain" To: "SuSE English" Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] 486 dx 33 under linux

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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.