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Old 22nd Dec 2018, 12:43 am   #1
Oldcodger
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Join Date: Oct 2014
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Default Dell CPi 233ST laptop

Had this given as a challenge. First problem was a "chugging/ noisy" HDD. Changed HDD as I felt old one was on last legs. Result- problem cured. Formatted HD, and tried W98 ,with limitd results, as did W2K. It did take WIN XP PRO but with limitd success,and runs it albeit slowly, on 64MB memory. I've ordered another 64MB sodim 64MB card, but do I stick with WIN XP, or go down the Linux path .
AND AT THIS STAGE- I'd ask mods to ban any WINDOW vs Linux posts, as I'm only looking at best solution to get this up and runing smoothly, and if so what Linux system wil run smoothhly on a 233 Intel with 128Mb of memory.
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