This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0062_01C221D4.2C89B1C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I just got my hands on an OLD notebook. it's an acer model, here's the = rough specs from the tertiary site supporting such old machines. System Info PN: 91.AA201.017 MB: AN760I Ext: 786 Model: AN760i RAM: 8 MB Video: 512 KB Cache: 0 KB AN760I, w/ IDX4/75, 8MB RAM=20 1.44 MB, 3.5" AcerNote 540 MB, DBOA-2540 2.5 IBM 8 MB Memory on-board Chips & Technology 65535 (Onboard) Keyboard, 18511-NSK LCD, AN735/760 Color Sharp LM64C142 Ah! no cd you say? 540 mg HDD? 8 mg RAM? could it have the original = win95 install? why YES!!! the question is, can I do anything with this? test virii? if I could = get it to play nethack or preferably falcon's eye then 20 hours of labor = would be worth sitting in bed wasting brainpower on a good character. = yes, i have no other notebooks. if it was win 3.1 or 95 i needed, no problems. but how to put linux on = this thing and what flavor would fit and run, preferably with a gooey? yes i know falcons eye and nethack run on win95, but i would rather go = to the ends of the earth than run those. I could learn alot from this = install. thanks for you future input, anthony -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- ------=_NextPart_000_0062_01C221D4.2C89B1C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable