From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 16 11:36:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fellspt.charm.net (fellspt.charm.net [199.0.70.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C594F37C027 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 11:36:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dutch@charm.net) Received: from coretel-185-187.charm.net (coretel-185-187.charm.net [162.33.185.187]) by fellspt.charm.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA08238; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:36:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 18:36:08 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time) From: Dutch Collins To: "Craft, Paul" Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: How much machine do i need? In-Reply-To: <413062A3EA92D3118535009027D619980A5B7D@postsprung.dos.state.fl.us> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Craft, Paul wrote: > Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:09:51 -0400 > From: "Craft, Paul" > To: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" > Subject: How much machine do i need? > > I have some older pentium 90 and 120 machines laying around. Would one of > them support FreeBSD while I test drive it. If not, what are the minimums > for hardware? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Sure it would. I had FreeBSD on a 486/100 and it worked fine. I then got a pentium, a real old one that was marked Pentium with no speed marked on the chip, worked great till a storm zapped it thru the phone/power line. Yes, I now isolate the boxes I use, even this one, a win-terminal. -d --- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message