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From: tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,ba.windows.x
Subject: Re: Running X windows on a 16MHz 386sx
Message-ID: <1990Oct13.220633.8294@maths.tcd.ie>
Date: 13 Oct 90 22:06:33 GMT
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Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
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In <1990Oct7.022705.12488@unixland.uucp> bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser) writes:

>I doubt that a 16/20 MHz 386SX will be sufficient to run Xwindows,
>although it may be OK for normal apps.

I read recently a claim that a 386SX with lots of memory
made a perfectly adequate Unix box (which I took to include X).
This made quite an impression on me,
as the author claimed you could get such a setup for $1000.
(Not including software, I assume.)

It would be nice to hear from someone that has actually done this,
in the real world.


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Timothy Murphy  

e-mail: tim@maths.tcd.ie