DamnSmallLinux on Retro hardware

[Brian Kelsay]

Leo J Mauler wrote:
> 
>>>Naturally, the lack of a FPU prevented some of the 
>>>DamnSmallLinux applications from working, but you 
>>>can probably find a 486SX FPU chip for the cost of 
>>>postage, or just use a 486DX.
> 
> Try a hardware newsgroup and mention your need.  Some guy who has a wife
> who wants him to clear out that hardware, but he doesn't want to just
> throw it away, will drop a 486 FPU in an envelope and mail it out to you
> (so that he knows its going to a good home).
> 
> Back when 72-pin SIMMs had taken over and 30-pin SIMMs were hard to find,
> I did just such a thing and received a baggie of eight 1MB 30-pin SIMMs
> in the mail for precisely that reason: free RAM to good home.  :)

Which hardware newsgroups?

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