From: Golan Klinger (falco_at_vex.net)
Date: Wed Sep 02 1998 - 23:46:01 EDT
On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Jeff Jackowski wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Golan Klinger wrote:
>
> > > (The machine only has 8mb of ram which is why I wasn't trying to load
> > > OS2).
> >
> > I ran OS/2 3.0 on a 486SX-33 with 8mb RAM and a 120mb hard disk
> > and it worked just fine. :)
>
> I once used an 80MHz 486 with 8MB RAM to run OS/2. With all the
> swapping, it took only a year and a half to kill the hard drive, but
> it worked until then.
Weird. I didn't experience a great deal of problems with only 8mb
and I was running WebEx and a command line telnet. Without the GUI, things
would be even faster but the original poster wanted a GUI web browser so
that's out.
> > Take a look at http://software.ntr.net/ - they have what you need.
> > I found that location by going to Yahoo! and searching for +"windows 3.1"
> > +dialer and it came up as the very first hit. Learning how to use a search
> > engine will make your life a lot easier.
>
> Sounds like the first lesson for your niece (???).
You're confusing me with the original poster. You have to watch
those quotes.
Golan Klinger [falco_at_vex.net] For long you live and high you fly
And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
Good, fast or cheap. And all you touch and all you see
Pick two... Is all your life will ever be
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