The oldest Puppy Dog in the kennel?
The oldest Puppy Dog in the kennel?
Some of you may remember those '80s PCs: DOS/CGA, no mouse, no CD- the 3.5" floppy had just been invented... this one now houses my P-II mobo after some extensive metal hacking. These machines had a big flip lever on the side to turn them on- I used a doorbell button on the front instead. My 1st Gates-free machine!:D
It's not staying black, that's primer; but it isn't gonna be Billie Beige either...
It's not staying black, that's primer; but it isn't gonna be Billie Beige either...
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- mayakovski
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Re: The oldest Puppy Dog in the kennel?
Wow thoes specs are amazing, how did you get Puppy to run with 256K or 512K of RAM?
I find I need at least 32MB of RAM.
"Epia M10000 ITX, 512K RAM, Puppy 1.0.5
Tyan Tiger 400Mhz P-II, 256K RAM, 10 G HD, ActionTec/Lucent Modem on Dialup, Puppy 1.0.5 (on HD)- Firefox w/Pinball theme"
I find I need at least 32MB of RAM.
"Epia M10000 ITX, 512K RAM, Puppy 1.0.5
Tyan Tiger 400Mhz P-II, 256K RAM, 10 G HD, ActionTec/Lucent Modem on Dialup, Puppy 1.0.5 (on HD)- Firefox w/Pinball theme"
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Re: The oldest Puppy Dog in the kennel?
I tried to install Puppy 1.0.0 on machine with 133 Mhz processor, 49 Mb Ram, 4,7Gb HD, no CD just floppy. Installation was possible only in text mode. After I made 256K swap partition, I got Puppy installed in full mode.mayakovski wrote:Wow thoes specs are amazing, how did you get Puppy to run with 256K or 512K of RAM?
I find I need at least 32MB of RAM.
I was waiting about 2 minutes to open move file using Xing, but no luck. ISA modem didn't work. Everithing moved very SLOOOOW! I thought it was "computer abuse", so I deleted Puppy and returned to Windows 98.
Maybe it's possible to shoehorn an ITX into a Commodore PET case? If anyone wants a cga card, I'd be happy to oblige - even have a working colour, cga monitor! Just ask if you need old HW - buyer collects. 4.7Gb drives are overkill, though. Maybe we should focus on a 540Mb HD limit. Setup on modern hardware should be permissible. Any prizes for oldest box? Altair? Amstrad?
you can shoehorn a mini-itx into the strangest things. Have a look at http://www.mini-itx.com - see the projects section. All of them need Puppy.
The aeroplane was my favourite. A friend has one built into a settee-recliner, with controls on the armrests and screen on the footrest. Reminds me of an old sci-fi story in which folks saved all their cash for 'the operation'. They had their feet replaced with steel pads, their brains hardwired to TV and their digestion plumbed for a nutritious drip. Nirvana, indeed.
was that william gibson's neuromancer?
actually, i'm going to do an acid test....find some ancient hardware and try to throw this OS on it.
i'd ask for donations, but if you had donations, you'd probably just do it yourself. ^_^
i'll see what i can drum up at thrift shops and ebay.
report back later.
actually, i'm going to do an acid test....find some ancient hardware and try to throw this OS on it.
i'd ask for donations, but if you had donations, you'd probably just do it yourself. ^_^
i'll see what i can drum up at thrift shops and ebay.
report back later.
my current PC i s actually made of trash...but I haven't seen anything worth scavenging lately, just old printers and the occasional 486. i didn't think of asking offices for their old equipment, i'm always seeing back rooms filled with old pcs collecting dust. for some reason, i never thought to ask if they wanted to get rid of them.
i actually know of a couple "dead" PCs I could try this out on, but i have to deal with the all important "wife factor," which prevents me from having old computer parts laying around my office...
maybe it'd work out better if i tidied up a bit. ^_^
best thing ever found in the trash: netgear 24-port router with pentium III computer.
i actually know of a couple "dead" PCs I could try this out on, but i have to deal with the all important "wife factor," which prevents me from having old computer parts laying around my office...
maybe it'd work out better if i tidied up a bit. ^_^
best thing ever found in the trash: netgear 24-port router with pentium III computer.