I have two machines. One is a 40MHz 386, two IDE disk drives (540MB
total), a mediocre color monitor, and my one "luxury" (sic), 16MB
RAM. It runs 386/BSD unix, and X. It is connected to the Internet
via the services of The Little
Garden, which would cost me $70/mo (we're talking 24hr/day
TCP/IP not dialup) 'cept for the fact that I'm the one that runs
TLG on a daily basis. The link itself is a pair of ZyZEL U-1496E
16,800baud modems. This is the machine that the Web and Gopher
servers run on.
The other machine is a 386SX with 4MB RAM and an older 140MB ESDI
drive. It runs DOS 5 and Windows 3.1. The graphics tools on unix are
basically non-existent, as far as input tools go. It is linked to
the unix box via Ethernet and some TCP/IP software (about to change).
This machine has the $99 handheld scanner. The biggest limitations
are 256 level monochrome, and the 4.5"/11.5cm width. Otherwise,
the quality is limited by how careful you are.
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