Sean Dennis wrote in a message to Peter Knapper:

 SD> I did slap Slackware 3.0 on a 286/12, 120 MB HD and 2 MB RAM... 
 SD> it actually ran.  

Oh really?  How so,  since the _minimum_ you can use with any form of Linux is 
a 386sx?  And typically 4M of ram...

Not exactly topical in here,  so if you want to take it up in netmail or email 
that's fine with me.

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