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>>>>> "rich" == rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> total network newbie here, I recently acquired a 486dx-33
> with 1.4gb hard drive that i want to use as an x-terminal to
> connect to my pentium-200 (which runs potato). Is potato
> appropriate for a 486? I have an old cd of bo that I thought
> would work on the 486, but would I be able to connect to the
> potato pentium?
> BTW, is it really even feasible to use a 486 to run X
> programs like wordperfect and Netscape off of my pentium?
If you intend to use the 486 as a X-terminal and run the programs on the
pentium I can't se why speed would be a problem. Not that I have done such a
thing (yet), but as for what I have read (various HOWTOs) it would even work
with a 386 with as little as 4 Mb RAM (I would love to try that one:-).
Hans Ekbrand
