From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 19 15:14:00 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B57316A412 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:14:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deeptech71@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB1E713C448 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:13:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deeptech71@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o2so440958uge for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:13:58 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Dw4aE7GFsqAZb9wT8QwDpBCTJQ+9jozAwXdBSyhQBl3PJ+OMn1NRg5ZYk6wRtKqy4+jGf6xCzeuUaIDD0SVAH/R0FW6t2fsjN4LLG8GS6lwt58ElTdUEO4rqKnXEzQ2ls+8lz0Qq5r28x3cVWf3wPEh+tNJ/A2aPifthsJ+L1tE= Received: by 10.66.232.9 with SMTP id e9mr3095554ugh.1169219638008; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:13:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.123.111? ( [84.2.184.208]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id k28sm2666744ugd.2007.01.19.07.13.56; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:13:57 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <45B0E0D6.5060700@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:16:38 +0100 From: deeptech71@gmail.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: what can i do with a 486? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:14:00 -0000 Update: The HDD is 200MB, not 500MB. Couldn't enter the BIOS setup because of a password. Then I used the board's clear CMOS jumper. Now I can't get into the BIOS setup, no matter what I press! I've installed FreeBSD on a gaming PC to that 200MB drive, then put it in the 486 comp. Result: "Missing operating system" error. > Packet filtering wise, I'd say compared to what I get from chips like Geode > and such, 2 megabit probably, depending on what you're doing. Filtering > bridge was able to top me off at like 10 megabit I think. Too slow. It will have a lot of latency. Plus, there are no cards where I can insert 2 network cables, and I'm not into buying such old equipment. The router thing is out of the question then. So, any suggestions? Or, anything I can DO with this thing? Best I can do is to get some experience and fun with old systems. Can someone direct me to small floppy-based operating systems?