challenge::AT&T Globalyst 130


Forum: Laptops
Topic: challenge::AT&T Globalyst 130
started by: thelastpirate

Posted by thelastpirate on June 21 2006,00:30
i just recently dug up an old AT&T Golbalyst 130 laptop out of my attic. i was wondering how if i could put linux on such an old machine then i stubbled upon this site. so how would i go about installing dsl on this machine? when i go into system specs it gives me this:

750mb HD
memory;
640kb base
3072kb extended
128kb shadow
256kb reserved
4096kn total
1.44mb diskette drive
cpu speed is either fastclock or slowclock
COM Port COM1(3F8h)

does any of this help/does any of this info matter? can dsl be put on here and if so how would i go about doing so/ any help appreciated.....

Posted by kerry on June 21 2006,01:10
Any usb's? No cdrom?
Posted by thelastpirate on June 21 2006,03:01
nope sorry it just has a built in floppy drive
Posted by Zucca on June 21 2006,08:40
PCMCIA card slot would solve the problem with DSL boot floppy...
Posted by skaos on June 21 2006,13:58
Your 4 MB is the bottleneck. You can forget DSL - you could look at < http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/baslinux/. >
Posted by MrBear37 on June 21 2006,15:48
Greetings all .

 You may want to try out Minix.  ( minix.org)
The current iteration of minix is Minix 3 ( minix3.org )
meant specifically for old hardware.  if the current version does not work, then the old version 2 will.

I plut this on a 386 Packard Bell that my wife had from before we were married.. it was a little slow but I had a good deal of fun with it.

 One caveat in the older version of Minix.. you will need to recompile the kernel to include networking.. Its a fast fix which is well documented on the site.  The people are also very helpful.

Hope that helps !

Mark

Posted by JustoTech on June 22 2006,04:15
You might be able to run console based Linux on it if you can find one that will run from floppy.
Posted by thelastpirate on June 22 2006,05:17
much thanx. i am trying both base linux and minix to see which works. i will let u all know what happens, thanx for the help. o and btw Hi im neu to this site and forgot to intoduce my self. i am a freelance software engeener and do wierd stuff like this on my free time, if u need help with any coding projects let me kno and ill try to help. contact via aim my sn is tishimself666 and thank u again for ur help.
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