[olug] nostalgia

[Sean Edwards]

Did you ever try compiling the kernel on a 386SX with
8MB RAM?  Man, was that painful!

-=Sean=-

--- thehaas at binary.net wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 03:12:20PM -0700, Sean
> Edwards wrote:
> > Does anyone else remember measuring kernel compile
> > time in  week-ends, arguing with clueless ISP
> support
> > techs about CHAP and PAP password info, fighting
> with
> > Winmodems and Winprinters, killing that brand new
> 17"
> > monitor (15.x" viewable) with a bad XF86 config
> file,
> > using FIPS to partition a live hard drive,
> convincing
> > some hardware tech support that you ARE using a PC
> but
> > NOT Windows, and waiting for the mailman to bring
> your
> > latest distro on CD from Walnut Creek?
> > 
> > Ah, those were the days!
> 
> Heck, I remember all that *and* having to compile
> floating-point
> emulation in, because my 486 didn't have a FPU.
> 
> Yeah, those were the days.
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