Gisle Vanem wrote:

"Klaatu" <mutster8_nospam_@netscape.net> wrote:

VectorLinux should run fine on a 486 if you have 16MB of RAM (maybe less without the gui), run the command line S@H client.  You don't need the gui so the HD space should be well under 350 MB.  http://www.vectorlinux.com/

Do you call this a real answer? I don't want to touch Linux with a 10 foot pole (been there done that. First time ~10 years ago and absolutely
hate it).

By heck! An awful lot has happened since 10 years ago!!!


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is very BSD-socket compatible I must say). I could probably do w/o the filelocking and other Unix centric stuff.

And all very good easy robust stuff that works also.

So why would that be a problem? You should not need to explicitly use it. In any case, the MS ways of filelocking are *far* *more* *troublesome* and quirkyly restrictive.


Sounds like you have a very easy existing solution using Linux.

(But then, why waste electricity with 486s unless they have some other real world service to provide?)

Regards,
Martin