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Gercan6716@aol.com wrote:
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> Hi, I have a friend that has just received a shipment of 386 computers. She
> would like to incorporate them into her Daycare envirnment for the children.
> She understands that they are very old, but with little available resources,
> would like to be able to do something with them besides throwing them away. I
> was thinking of setting up a network using MicroSoft 95 as a network OS to
> store and run the programs, but I don't think the 386's would still be able
> to handle it. The solution I would think is to setup a network, and have the
> 386's run apps on that server (Application Server Enviro.). Does anyone have
> any other ideas?
> Thanks,
> G.
> P.S. The applications mentioned would probably be DOS or Windows based.
It'll be very slow. Windows networking on 386's is an exercise in
futility.
Why not run Linux on them all? Since you haven't mentioned specific
applications, I'm guessing that you aren't tied down to any particular
Windows-based apps. There are plenty of edutainment programs available
for Linux that would be suitable for a day care environment.
Peace,
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