From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Aug 1 3:54:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.ftf.dk (mail.ftf.net [129.142.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C089151D5 for ; Sun, 1 Aug 1999 03:53:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from regnauld@ftf.net) Received: from ns.int.ftf.net (fw2.ftf.dk [192.168.1.2] (may be forged)) by mail.ftf.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3/gw-ftf-1.2) with ESMTP id MAA16130; Sun, 1 Aug 1999 12:53:18 +0200 (CEST) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.ftf.dk: Host fw2.ftf.dk [192.168.1.2] (may be forged) claimed to be ns.int.ftf.net Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by ns.int.ftf.net (8.9.2/8.9.3) id NAA78615; Sun, 1 Aug 1999 13:10:24 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19990801131024.45576@ns.int.ftf.net> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 13:10:24 +0200 From: Phil Regnauld To: Francisco Reyes Cc: FreeBSd Chat list Subject: Re: BSD lightness: Free/Net/Open References: <199907311430.KAA07337@arutam.inch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <199907311430.KAA07337@arutam.inch.com>; from Francisco Reyes on Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 10:30:22AM -0400 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE i386 Organization: FTFnet Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Francisco Reyes writes: > > >From what I gather the project will be making the old 486s Xterminals. > Could this be something that could be done with PicoBSD? If you managed to fit the X server in there :-| > Also what would me a MINIMUN usable amount of memory to run X. 16MB? > These are computers other departments were throwing out so I don't > think they have much of a budget to go around upgrading memory. I run my X term on a 486-120 with PCI bus and a Matrox Mill II. The machine has 8 MB of RAM, 100 Mbps ethernet, and a cross cable to the server (no fans, no hd, no noise -- this was a cool idea suggested by PHK). -- Divizion by Zero error -- multiplying by zero to recover. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message