[Xastir] Some advice on a dedicated Xastir box please?

[Jerry Chamberlin]

I have a IBM 386 PC in working order, I will need to find a Linux that will work
on a 10 Meg drive.
It currently has Win 3.1 Network Version , maybe small Cgywin (J/K)


On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Dick C. Reichenbach wrote:

> 
> 
> "Curt Mills, WE7U" wrote:
> > Might be fun to see what the lowest-end system is that Xastir could
> > run on.  I should still have a 386SX-20 motherboard or two laying
> > around and enough parts to make them function...
> 
> 
> It's been a while, but if I remember correctly the 386SX's are 286
> pinout chips.  They use the old 286 memory lines, so you can get away
> with using only 1 memory chip per bank, and the newer 386DX's use the 4
> chips per bank.  I'm thinking you would need a bare minimum 386DX chip
> to run the Linux, seeing how it is a 32bit OS.
> 
> Now I know I have an old TI/AMD 40Mhz DX chip laying around here
> somewheres.  Now that would be a project.
> 
> Dick R.
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