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From: rm005820@ita.flashnet.it (jls)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Uses for an XT ????
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 11:22:58 GMT
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Chooka <dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> wrote:

>Hey all,

>I've got two old PCs - an XT and an XT Turbo.

>Their value is so negligable its not funny :)

>Since I've got no hope of getting rid of them I thought I'd put em to
>some kind of us.  

>Would it be worth hooking these up as terminals to the FreeBSD box ?
>How would I do this ?

Some Linux people are trying to give a chance to 8086 machines. You may have
a look at

http://www.linux.org.uk/Linux8086.html

Good luck,

Luis