Subject: Re: reviving old computers
From: Dominic Bernardo (warthog@gci.net)
Date: Wed May 01 2002 - 20:26:07 AKDT
Since I'm not a lawyer, I can't comment on the
accuracy of this article that appeared today:
http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/17546.html
~Dom
Mike Barsalou wrote:
>
> I have done some of this myself...with mixed results.
>
> For example, I approached someone that didn't have a computer with the idea that I would give them a machine would be able to access e-mail. Initially they were excited. Then we discussed, because the machine was old and underpowered, that you would be using a text based mail reader.
>
> Right away the excitement left...they said that they wanted to be able to get/send pictures with their friends as well as browse the internet.
>
> Now with a 56k modem X doesn't have to be terribly fast, but there is a lower limit...anyone know what it is?
>
> At one point I was able to setup a very minimal X with netscape as the browser. It ran reasonably well...probably could have used some more memory.
>
> Why don't we try and come up with a good "standard" for the type of machine that would be acceptable to someone who doesn't have one?
>
> At that point we can address the issues of maintenance and upkeep.
>
> Mike
>
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