Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:45:11 -0600 (CST), Rob <robo13@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! > Greg, > There quite a number if Linuxes that will run on the same > old hardware that DOS runs on, and run just as fast. Check > out ttylinux or BasicLinux. Is 3 megs memory and 4 megs of > hardrive too modern? Script files are just as useful as > batch files. > Rob I have heard a lot about Linux in its different forms. About four years ago I purchased The Idiot's Guide To Linux with the installation CD-ROM but haven't installed it. I _have_ installed BasicLinux, but so far I haven't managed to work out how to use it. Regarding amount of memory and hard disk space, one of my friends keeps "re-adjusting" his secondhand computers with the result that half the time he can't get any DOS applications to run. This means his beloved BananaCom won't connect him to the BBS. I have offered to lend him one of my two early Personal Computers. Both have twin 5-1/4 inch disk drives and 640k of RAM. The both will run MS-DOS, up to version 3.3. Regarding script files: yes, they are virtually the same as batch files under a different name. I have written and used them with Telix. . ,-./\ . / \ from Greg Mayman, in Adelaide, South Australia . \_,-*_/ "Queen City of The South" 34:55 S 138:36 E . v Arachne at FreeLists -- Arachne, The Premier GPL Web Browser/Suite for DOS --