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On 09/01/11 22:08, Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jan 2011, tom wrote: > >> If there is a little ram in them (64Mb upwards) then you can run a >> slimline linux and do lshw which will tell you what ram is required >> for the slots available... > > I've just been given an old Compaq laptop - P133 with 64MB of RAM. I'm > not sure I'm even going to try... > > Gordon > Maybe use it without X and just run console stuff, mutt, emacs (or vi) lynx etc anyone Mind you I have had x running on 8mb RAM I think that was on a 486sx33 Paul -- Paul Sutton Cert SLPS (Open) http://www.zleap.net 17th September 2011 - Software freedom day -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq