@Lawrence said:
1) Linux needs a 386 or better. It cannot run on 286.
- 286 processors never got up to 133 MHz, so your random post on the Internet is just as wrong as could be expected. 386 processors got up to 40 MHz and 486 to 120 MHz (AMD versions IIRC). 133 MHz was a very popular Pentium.
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The Intel 8086, the predecessor to the 286, was originally designed with a 20-bit ... systems which run on the x86 architecture, such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, and ... AT-compatible hardware,
but will work on any 80286 CPU in any system)
Bell Telephone Company engineer's once stated that one could NEVER, ever run a modem speed greater than 300 baud on plain old, twisted pair, copper line. Last modem I used was a 56K on twisted pair, copper line.
We must agree to disagree as this old geezer hasn't time for prolonged "I said; you said".
That said, my friend,
Cheers; and G'Night..