[Preston] Linux on a 486

[Robin Johnson]

You ould get a copy of Computer Mart from your newsagent, I think it is
weekly. There are loads of adverts for reconditioned units in there.

Robin
----- Original Message -----
From: "XsCode" <xsc0de@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <preston@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 8:31 PM
Subject: RE: [Preston] Linux on a 486


>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: preston-admin@mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:preston-admin@mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of John
> Sent: 18 September 2002 19:55
> To: preston@mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Preston] Linux on a 486
>
>
> Does anybody know where I can get hold of one or more old cheap PC's??? I
am
> toying with the idea of setting one up as a dedicated firewall using IPCop
> but I don't want to fork out tons of cash for it... Does anybody have any
> idea on prices of anything from say an old 486 up to a Pentium P100 / P133
> that would do the job for me? Also, does anybody know of any places were
old
> kit gets recycled out at knock down prices? I know the computer fairs up
at
> Deepdale tend to have job lots but they always seem to be on when I have
got
> my kids for the weekend.... I believe there is a computer shop based
> somewhere in Kirkham and another on Friargate but I would imagine that
those
> places would not bother to deal in such old kit (unless they are in to
> hoodwinking the unwary non-computer-savvy home buyer he he he).... Any
> advice both on the technicalities of IPCops and hardware would be greatly
> appreciated....
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Blundell" <alan.blundell@lineone.net>
> To: <preston@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 7:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Preston] Linux on a 486
>
>
> > I can make it next Thursday & bring tiny linux / RH4.1 / zipslack (from
> > my extensive collection of old linux distros ...)  It'll be good to meet
> > some of the people whose mail I've been reading this last few weeks!
> >
> > PS: saw on LinuxToday that RH 8.0 is due out imminently.  Doesn't that
> > ALWAYS happen when someone's spent ages downloading the previous
version?!
> >
> > Phil Edwards wrote:
> >
> > snip
> > > along with the disks. Alternatively, if anyone has a copy of something
> that
> > > will happily run on one of my 486 machines, I could bring my PII along
> as it
> > > is (RH7.2) and we could have a go at a network install of something.
> > snip
> > > By the way, if anyone wants RH7.3, I have recently downloaded it from
> one of
> > > the mirror sites and could burn a few spare copies over the weekend.
> > snip
> >
> >
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