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- From: messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk)
- Subject: Suitability of hardware for Linux serial term server
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.233710.27626@netcom.com>
- Organization: Messina Software
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 23:37:10 GMT
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- Hi, I read the FAQ (thanks for posting it, Lars!), but I am not 100%
- clear on certain bits, so I would like to ask for advice from the
- Linux users. Here are the specs of the hardware i want to use as a
- platform, with questions following it:
-
- Motherboard Micronics Gemini 486/33 w/16 MB of memory (ISA bus)
- BIOS Phoenix 80486 ROM BIOS Plus Version 0.10 G17-2
- Disk Controller SCSI Adaptec 1542B
- Disk 340 MB SCSI Maxtor
- Video Oak 512 + VGA B&W monitor
- Keyboard Northgate Omni Key 101
-
- It was planned as a terminal server, so video was of secondary
- consideration.
-
- 1. Will Linux run on it? Is anyone running it in a similar
- configuration? Any suggestions for changes (not too
- extensive, hopefully)?
- 2. I need to find (hopefully, as inexpensive as possible) a
- spreadsheet and a database (up to 20-40 MB total table size) that
- would exchange data nicely (from database to spreadsheet essential,
- the other way is an icing on the cake). Any recommendations?
- Costs involved?
- 3. Does troff come with Linux? Support for HP Laser Printers PCL?
- 4. Can it be installed from floppies?
- 5. How much space is required to install Linux?
- 6. Does it have support for SCSI tape?
-
-
- Thanks a million,
-
- Tony
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