[RULE] RULE minimum hw requirements

[Ingo Lantschner]

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 17:32:30 +0100, M. Fioretti <m.fioretti at inwind.it> 
wrote:

> However, the RULE minimum target is a moving one,
> and it is really pragmatic. 386, 12/16 are not mystical numbers to
> defend blindly. They basically mean "what is the oldest, more limited
> and crappiest hw *still* *working* and being donated that, with a
> reasonable amount of effort, common sense and good will can be
> reactivated, to delay expense and pollution?".

Practically spoken, here in Austria we get at this moment P2 300Mhz, 64 MB 
RAM, 2 GB HD donated for our projects - not one, we get hundrets of them. 
Also Monitors start today at 17".

On stock we have older machines, but not below Pentium 100MHz, 24 MB RAM.

Regards, Ingo.


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