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Re: motherboard PC speakers

Well, let's never underestimate the power of magnetic fields. They aren't as good understood yet as pure electric ones. However, what I'm more concerned of than a speaker's permanent magnet are chassis fans. Fans generate both types and they move. So they could cause RFI noise inside the case and …

Re: Which Linux distro(s) should I choose?

IMHO, trying to run a distro based on a current kernel on a 486 is taking it a step too far, unless the objective is of the "can it be done" type . Again, IMHO, using an older version of Lnux with a 486 will yield better compatibility and actually tolerable performance . There is this https://www. …

Re: Which Linux distro(s) should I choose?

What distro will be good on a 486, that is still available? I don't need a list of what to use on everything in between, just a few suggestion of distros that will help introduce me to Linux on those two generations of system. SuSe 5.x-7.x, maybe? That's what I had on a 586 PC roughly 20 years ago. …

Re: IRC activity since the freenode incident?

#retrodreams on SlashNet it a bridge to the discord forum so a larger amount of paticipents. I know #win31 has moved over tp librenet or what ever it is along with a few of the other channels related to old hareware and stuff...😉 If anyone has crt queries Sark is a crt god

Re: motherboard PC speakers

paranoia of magnetism Lol. Some of my old systems have lasted over 30years without any effect from the speakers at t all.....;) Some folk just worry far too much. Are you sure ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_degradation Scroll down to "Magnetic media" He is sure so am I and we have been using …

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