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Re: Upgrade motherboard & processor

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From: relic
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:31
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"Kadaitcha Man" <anon@no.email> wrote in message 
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> "Fred Hall", thou idiotic wanton gambol. Thou damned tripe visaged
> rascal. Ye bickered:
>
>> On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:09:53 +0545, Kadaitcha Man <anon@no.email> wrote:
>>
>>>"Zootal", thou balloon-headed velvet guard. I can hardly forbear hurling
>>>things at thee. Ye chided:
>>>
>>>>> Translation: Linux is always compiled for the absolute lowest common
>>>>> denominator. If your processor is a 1985 386-SX, Linux is guaranteed
>>>>> to run on it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I wouldn't bet it would run on a 386 unless the kernel was
>>>> specifically compiled<BITCHSLAP>
>>>
>>>Idiot.
>>>
>>>> I have an old 386 machine in my basement that I've been meaning to
>>>> load linux on just to see how it performs. I don't know what I would
>>>> do with it after that, and I must admit it's pretty low on my to-do
>>>> list...
>>>
>>>Thanks for sharing.
>>
>> I had an AT that ran as fast as an XT.  Maybe I'll, if I can find it,
>> load Linux on it and donate it to Zootal
>
> Fuck that. I'll have it for my distcc network. I can compile Gentoo with
> KDE, Gnome and 10G or so of other applications in 9 minutes flat. I only
> need another 200,000 or so 386's to blow Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
> Jaguar Cray XT5-HE into the weeds.

Damn! I tossed a couple of those last summer. 
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Subject: Re: Upgrade motherboard & processor
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:31:34 -0800
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