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> Sheesh.  64MB of PC133 RAM is USD 22.00. 

Which won't work in a 486 or Pentium-class machine that uses 36-pin SIMs. Try 
buying RAM for them now, yet they make perfectly acceptable FreeBSD machines 
for many uses (e.g. poersonal firewalls) and should certainly be supported for 
the installer.


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