Re: tlug: PC Semi

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "jb" == Jonathan Byrne <jq@example.com> writes:

    jb> Unless you just really, really want to get Linux running on an
    jb> incredibly old NEC machine, it might not be worth pursuing
    jb> this.

Well, if he's Emacs-capable, Emacs over GNU/Linux on a 25MHz 386SX
ain't nothing to sneeze at for most editing tasks.  I'll admit, having 
a 450-MHz Xeon with a fast graphics card is an absolute necessity if
one wants to run NTwerp (not to be confused with a beautiful European
city) in a VMware cage and get any work done on NTwerp.

But for people who aren't into pointless wanking, the 386SX + Emacs
box is quite usable.

386SX + vi + virtual consoles is probably a reasonable alternative,
especially if you can cut and paste GPM selections across VCs, but
I've never used vi that way so can't recommend it.

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so you might want to take the opinions of a Dead-in-the-head Ancient
Hacker with a dash of Tabasco.

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