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From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com>
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Subject: Re: Will this work?
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> I recently came across a boxed copy of FreeBSD 4.2 on the "clearance table" 
> at a local office supply store. My old PC is a 90MHz Pentium with 24 MB RAM 
> and a 503 MB hard drive. I bought the box (it was only $17) - would 
> converting my old PC to a UNIX-only machine as a hobby be a practical idea?

	I've a half dozen machines of the same vintage running various
versions of FreeBSD. For practical use you'll probally want to upgrade the
hard drive to a gig or so... but 500MB is fine. :)

	Rick


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