Hi all, Please remember to send comments back to this list too :) This is also pertinent to the network install at the FCCVi. Cheers, Kylie
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- To: beckster@warehouse.net
- Subject: Small Linux video discussion
- From: Doug Loss <dloss@csrlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 19:35:43 -0400 (EDT)
- Cc: malonowa@wanadoo.fr
Kylie, I'm the leader of the seul-edu mailing list. We've recently been having a discussion on how to best use older machines that are donated to schools. These tend to be 486s (with some 386s) with 4-16 MB RAM and ~150 MB hard drives. A question has come up as to what video capabilities will be most prevalent. We were wondering if 640x480 8bpp SVGA cards were common enough to count on, or if we should plan on VGA16 capability only. The group pretty much decided that especially for the younger children some sort of GUI would be needed. Since you've been involved with putting Linux on older machines for a while now, I was wondering if you have any thoughts on this. I hope you'll think about it and give us the benefit of your experience. Doug Loss Democracy substitutes election by the dloss@csrlink.net incompetent many for appointment by (570) 326-3987 the corrupt few. George Bernard Shaw
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