Subject: Re: [Free]DOS port?
From: Martin Sevior (msevior@mccubbin.ph.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Wed Nov 07 2001 - 22:44:53 CST
On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Chris Nehren wrote:
> > You could run it under Linux or BSD :-) Even Win95 runs on a 486.
>
> True, even Win95 runs on a 486. But X Window + GNOME? That's pushing it.
> It's even moderately time-consuming on my p150. Maybe if you souped up its
> RAM and swap space, but otherwise, you'd have to have infinite patience to
> run anything in X under a 486.
>
I was thinking of running just X + FVWM + gtk abiword.
I used to use an 8 megabyte 33 Mhz 486 running linux and FVWM with
X-windows. It worked quite well.
I used to run emacs on this machine and I recall it giving acceptable
performance. My colleague used to show me his 486 running winword on a
similar machine. He liked it but it seemed unbelievablly slow and clunky
to me.
I guess that abiword on a 16 megabyte 66 Mhz 486 would be similar. Usable
to someone with low expectations.
Cheers
Martin
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