Ti486slc/25

linuxusr47 · 10-06-2002, 10:00 PM

I just recieved one of these old Texas Instraments 486SLC/25 mhz Laptops.
Appears to have 3960kb ram and a 64mb hd.
Floppy Mouse and Modem.
Has anyone tried linux on one of these?
Any suggestions?
Other than the ususal 'use it as a DoorStop'

tia
linuxusr47

Aussie · 10-07-2002, 07:50 AM

Use is as a square frisbee?

finegan · 10-07-2002, 03:42 PM

64MB hard drive. You might, might, be able to fit Slackware packages A, AP, and N on there... from an older version, like 7.1, after some pruning. Then you can use it as toilet terminal?

Cheers,

Finegan

Aussie · 10-07-2002, 04:57 PM

You could turn it upside down and use it as an emergency shelter for a small mammal.

finegan · 10-07-2002, 05:23 PM

Seal it in a large plastic bag, plugged in, it'll probably make a nice water warmer for a 100 gallon+ fish tank.

Thymox · 10-07-2002, 06:39 PM

Welcome to LQ.

Love the alternatives! You could head over to ibiblio and download some of the smaller distros and run something like a gateway/router/firewall. The Smoothwall CD-ISO file runs to ~25Mb, but I'm unsure as to it's unpacked size, but if it's smaller than 64Mb, you could run that. Or you could put it under your monitor to jack it up by a few inches.

linuxusr47 · 10-21-2002, 05:39 PM

Not to worry. Hard drive has proven unreliable.
The fishtank warmer is next project.

finegan · 10-21-2002, 09:39 PM

No big deal, you can find one of those cable chain 2.5 inch IDE to 3.5 inch IDE adapters, then get a scrap 2Gb or something and try what these jokers did.

Cheers,

Finegan

Thymox · 10-22-2002, 09:07 AM

Hehe! Now that is cool! Geddit? Cool - fridge? Oh, nevermind... I'll get me coat.