You can always install, either an old Linux distribution, or something like FreeDOS if you know about DOS.
Also you may give Haiku OS a try (former BeOS clone): System Requirements Haiku currently only works on x86 systems. Minimum memory required is 128 MB. If compiling Haiku within itself, 1 GB of memory is recommended. Haiku has been tested to work on CPUs as slow as a Pentium II 400 MHz, and requires as little as 700 MB of drive space. If these do not work for you, we can discuss other options, in this discussion thread. Ioannis Vranos http://www.cppsoftware.net On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Aere Greenway <a...@dvorak-keyboards.com> wrote: > Phill: > > Thank you very much for the additional information. > > If what you state is indeed the case, it definitely answers my question as > to whether a 450 megahertz machine with 512 megabytes RAM can be considered > a viable minimum system for my users. > > And I think the answer is, that it can't be a viable minimum system. > > How could I expect users to wait 90 minutes for a machine to get out of what > appears to be a hang? And (having tried it) the machine can't be used for > MIDI music while in that extended 'busy' state. > > I think I will bid a fond 'farewell' to my old trusty HP-Vectra, as it > journeys to that great bit-bucket in the sky, and use my next-to-slowest > machine (a Compac P933, 933-megahertz machine with 512 megabytes RAM) for > testing as a minimum system for my software. > > Such is the march of progress, for better, or for worse. > > Sincerely, > Aere -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
