[luau] learning the hardware end

[cpaul at telemetrybox.org]

>  I've been thinking (oh no! everybody run!  he's been thinking again!!!), 
> if you guys get the 1500 166's, would an embedded version of Linux be the 
> way to go on those?  I had a 166 (died two weeks ago) and it was painfully 
> slow running Debian.  That's where the thought of using embedded Linux came 
> from.  It would be perfect for resource-challanged computers (486s, slow 
> pentiums, old laptops).

This sounds pretty good (using embedded linux on older computers).  Knoppix (or even other bootcd-hosted distros like Simply GNUStep) will run on these computers as-is, given there is a functioning CDROM and a modicum of installed RAM.  A flashram setup would be even slicker-  maybe if HOSEF gets a donation of solid-state hard drives...