Re: networking newbie cry for help

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From: Tom Bird
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 00:00

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In article <364ca309.53967340@adhocntserver>, Tim Stannard
<stannard@adhoc.demon.co.uk> writes

>>On a network, is it poss to share computer power, ie if one has say a
>>486sx50 8Mb RAM and a PII 450 128Mb RAM is the 486 machine's
>>performance going to be enhanced?
>
>No

If they were all running Linux, you could have the apps running on the
P-II and just piping the display output to the 486s.

TB                   Barney the Hamster (RIP 22.10.1998)

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From: Tom Bird <hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk>
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Date: 1998/11/16
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