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Oldest Pc
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.
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Mike L.
SAFAD:
That If It Is 16 Bit :)
bmarkus:
--- Quote from: SAFAD on October 05, 2009, 02:26:10 PM ---That If It Is 16 Bit :)
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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:
--- Quote from: Loo! on November 27, 2024, 11:07:02 AM ---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!)
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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 ).
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