Red Hat Commits To MIT's $100 Laptop

[taharka]

Howdy,

On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 16:34 -0700, Guy Fraser wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-01-02 at 20:43 +0000, Andy Green wrote:
> > taharka wrote:
> > 
> > >>32MB!  Luxury!  Why when I were a lad 
> > 
> > > hunt for 8 MB CF[1] ;-) Gee!!, "Why when I were a lad" we wouldn't be
> > > having this discussion ;-)
> > 
> > http://www.phespirit.info/montypython/four_yorkshiremen.htm ;-)
> > 
> > 5MB is pretty impressive for a full firewall.
> > 
> 
> Not really, LRP {Linux Router Project} used to fit on a single 
> 3.5 inch HD Floppy (1.44 MB) and only required about 16MB of RAM 
> on a 386sx I used to have them all over the place before broadband
> routers became available.

Yep, ditto for Freesco (which I still believe fits on a 1.4 MB floppy).

taharka

Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.