->> Re: 486sx20

 BK>> Now, there is absolutely no good reason to put a computer this
 BK>> limited, this slow, on the internet. So, of course, I want to do
 BK>> it.

 DC> Why not?

 BK>  Cause it's too damn primitive. Which is also why I want to do  it.

ROTFL!! believe it or not, i have an original IBM PC here... two floppies,
no hard drive... no way to put a harddrive in it, either... the ROMs (yes,
there are more than one chip for the BIOS) have code to boot to BASIC if
there is no floppy and IBM wants way way way too much for HD capable BIOS
for that box... anyway, i have a series of boot floppies that i use in it
to load network stuffs for the old 8bit network card and i cruise the
internet with it from time to time... since it is tied into my home
network, i don't have to futz about with dialers and such... i just change
the floppy and load the text only browser and away we go O:)

of course, telnet and ftp are used quite a bit on that box, too ;)

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