Linux OS

[Zane H. Healy]

>   I'd love to have a copy of SLS.  I ran Slackware v3.something as 
>my first Linux in '95, but I used SLS for a while in there when I 
>was learning the difference between a distribution and an OS.
>
>   I have an original Yggdrasil CD, boot floppy, and manual around 
>here somewhere.

Somewhere in the disaster area I call a storage unit are floppies 
with the first 2-3 SLS releases, as well as CD's with some of them. 
The first release cost me about $200 to download as I had a 2400 baud 
connection to the Internet at $6/hour.

I also have the first 3 Yggdrasil CD's as they sent them to me for 
free.  Also in my collection are the first three books, and the issue 
#1 through about 3-4 years ago of the Linux Journal.  Of course I 
also have copies of my 0.12 boot and root disks, some of the copies 
of the Linux BBS List, and the 486/33 I originally ran Linux on.  I 
still remember the frustrations of trying to get a video card that 
would work with that 486 and support X-Windows (never did get an 
ET4000 based card to work in it).  I also remember spending $600 to 
upgrade from 8MB - 20MB.  What was painful was when in late '93 till 
early '95 I had to downgrade from the 486 to my older Twinhead 
386sx/16 laptop thanks to a change in my job which meant I couldn't 
take the 486 with me.  Even after adding a math coprocessor, and 
upgrading to the full 4MB of RAM, and a huge 320MB HD, running Linux 
and X-Windows on it was painful.

All of this is on topic for this list.

			Zane

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