Oldest Pc

[SAFAD]

Hi All
i Woul Really Like To Setup TinyCore On That Very Old PC (1984 if i am not wrong)
The Only way Is By Using The Old Disks
4MB if you remember em
How Should I Install it
PS: I Was Surprised To See You Use SMF cuz Ive Never Seen You Asking For Help in The Forum

My Best Regards

[bmarkus]

No go, 4M RAM is too less even for MC. Also, most probably CPU do not meet minimum requirements, it is a 286 in best case.

For TC/MC you need as a minimum a 486 CPU and 64M RAM.

[SAFAD]

i didnt mean 4MB ram
i ment i will use 4MB disk to install is it possible ?

[bmarkus]

What is about RAM size, CPU and HD interface type? I guess yo do not have PCI only ISA slots.

[SAFAD]

you got it
i have only PS2 Port
and disk reader (i dont remember the name)
and about the ram
mmmmmmmm
maybe 16MB Cuz Minimum Of Win3.11 Is 16 as i know

[MikeLockmoore]

The original IBM PC and XT had 16-bit CPUs (Intel 8088), as did the original IBM AT (80286).  Most versions of Linux are compiled to run on at least some form of 32-bit processor, so you would need at least an Intel 80386-based computer, and even this will require an older form of Linux, or one specially-compiled for the 80386 CPU.  There is at least one version of linux for 80268 computers (uclinux?), but I think that it is very limited. I think bmarkus is right in that you will need a computer with a 80486 CPU or better to run TC or almost any other modern Linux. 

I think there were some Unix-like OSes or shells for the 16-bit class of computer.  Early Minix I think might work.  There was a commercial Unix-like OS for PCs called MKS Coherent, if you can find a copy.
--
Mike L.

[SAFAD]

That If It Is 16 Bit

[bmarkus]

That If It Is 16 Bit

Too old for LINUX 

[Loo!]

Hello!
Sorry about to dig this... but: I have an (VERY!) old thinclient (2007?), and it has not a lot of documentation.
it´s a "Winbox Tecnoworld" - has a "sys sys sys" processor (?!?) / 128mb ram / ide (40pin) interface and an adaptor for a flash card (1GB)
I think Ill try to turn this guy on - and (MAYBE!) could this may be the oldest pc running TC.
Ill be in touch, gentleman.
(pics in a very near future and sorry about my terrible english!)

[DHeadshot]

Hello!
Sorry about to dig this... but: I have an (VERY!) old thinclient (2007?), and it has not a lot of documentation.
it´s a "Winbox Tecnoworld" - has a "sys sys sys" processor (?!?) / 128mb ram / ide (40pin) interface and an adaptor for a flash card (1GB)
I think Ill try to turn this guy on - and (MAYBE!) could this may be the oldest pc running TC.
Ill be in touch, gentleman.
(pics in a very near future and sorry about my terrible english!)

I'm running TinyCore 6.3 on a laptop from 2001 with similar specs (128MB of RAM, Pentium III (I think), 20GB IDE HDD) and it works quite well.  I can't fit a newer TinyCore into that RAM limit and it's hard to upgrade that era of TC anyway, so I've been maintaining modern packages for my own purposes for a good few years now.  If someone wants me to share them, I can email them in, but I suspect the community will be wanting to retire TC6 soon (which will leave me in trouble: it would be helpful if I knew how to run a mirror just for TC6...).

I use it for the Old Computer Challenge (see my Blog: https://ddlyh.smol.pub/on-hardware ).

[Rich]

Hi Loo!
Welcome to the forum.

The oldest machines I'm currently running are:
1. A Sony VAIO PCV-RS320 from 2004 running TC9
2. A Dell E310 from 2006 running TC10

[Loo!]

 
DHeadshot - certainly ill mail you in some moment! (maybe asking for some help? - lol)
And "old computer challenge" is awesome!

Rich - thank you!

[polikuo]

I have an (VERY!) old thinclient (2007?)....
...128mb ram / ide (40pin) interface and an adaptor for a flash card (1GB)

I'd say your machine is spacious

https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,21343.0.html

[gadget42]

imho, i enjoy going into the attic and knocking the dust off of the threads of yesteryear(other than the further realization that the clock is ticking and the meter is running...sigh).

[CNK]

but I suspect the community will be wanting to retire TC6 soon (which will leave me in trouble: it would be helpful if I knew how to run a mirror just for TC6...).

I intend to keep this mirror around after that:
http://oldtc.antihttps.com/6.x/