Who's running Puppy on the oldest hardware?

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J_D_ · #1 Post by **J_D_** » Fri 10 Mar 2017, 05:09

I am running tahrpup on a Latitude 131 laptop from 2005. Would not trade it for a new one if it had to run another OS. What antique hardware are you keeping alive running a pup ??

rockedge · #2 Post by **rockedge** » Fri 10 Mar 2017, 14:58

2002 IBM T-40 ThinkPad laptop running Tahr 6.0.5 with ZoneMinder
Runs 24/7 for about 2 years now:

TroutTank Stream

J_D_ · #3 Post by **J_D_** » Fri 10 Mar 2017, 16:53

Wow, that is old. Not sure why I like this old Dell so much. Just do.

ally · #4 Post by **ally** » Fri 10 Mar 2017, 17:01

i've a couple of old IBM T21s, the keyboard are much nicer to use than the modern jobbies I have (T500 & X201)

6502coder · #5 Post by **6502coder** » Fri 10 Mar 2017, 17:39

Puppy 412 Retro on a 1999 Compaq Armada 1700, 233 MHz Pentium II, dual-boot with Win95. I use this more than any of my other Puppies!

96 MB RAM, 384 MB swap.

J_D_ · #6 Post by **J_D_** » Sat 11 Mar 2017, 04:49

Ive been using old laptops for years. One from '03 died last fall. So cool to know I am not the only one. I think I paid $1000 for this Dell in '05. Still going strong. With Tahrpup, it boots up fast and surfs the net just fine. Finding puppy really helped out. If I did not have this car addiction I would never use Windows.

backi · #7 Post by **backi** » Sat 11 Mar 2017, 17:08

Using Toshiba Satellite 3000 from 2005 ---1 Gig Ram ..Single Core Processor .
Also using Zram.....

Using different Puppies (Tahr---Xenial---Dpupexprimo--PrecisePup ----also different "Dogs "--- Debian Dog --Xenial Dog--- ).......they do fully satifsy my Needs ....--

Transformed my old Clunker into Star-Ship Enterprise.....

zigbert · #8 Post by **zigbert** » Sat 11 Mar 2017, 18:31

Toshiba Satellite pro 4300

Pentium 3 - 600 MHz
Puppy 4.3.0
Bios date from 1999
Ultrathin - only 50mm

This one is fully usable today, thanks to the 1 usb slot. OK, extremely slow, but still...

don570 · #9 Post by **don570** » Sat 11 Mar 2017, 18:39

Be sure to state amount of RAM since that's often the most important factor.

I am running fluppy013 on a 250mb IBM server
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=56156
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davids45 · #10 Post by **davids45** » Sun 12 Mar 2017, 00:54

G'day,

How about the oldest average age network of Puppy computers?

Or the youngest user(s) on the oldest computer(s)?

Here's a last year's shot of my "corner of the world".
Four desktops (HP) above the desk, one below (Medion). All running Puppies on the home network.

Users are the then two four-year-olds on the left (the twins are now 5 and in kindergarten, to their mother's delight), and one then-2-year old (now 3) on the right watching Peppa. He's now just getting into games.

So all were younger than any of the computers they were using.

David S.
(a.k.a. Grandpa)

slavvo67 · #11 Post by **slavvo67** » Sun 12 Mar 2017, 01:29

Computer 2 has:

Dell Motherboard 0G1548
1GB Ram
Intel Pentium 4 2.20 GHz
2003 BIOS (that corrupted and no longer works...LOL)

Running Quirky Unicorn 32bit and Quirky April 32bit. Doesn't run 64bit.

J_D_ · #12 Post by **J_D_** » Sun 12 Mar 2017, 02:11

Some of you have some seriously old stuff.

For the record, my Dell has 2 gigs RAM, an AMD Turion dual core processor and an 80 gig HD. I have a 150 gig HD in my desk That I can slip into it, if needed.

slavvo67 · #13 Post by **slavvo67** » Sun 12 Mar 2017, 07:00

I have an older Dell where the Bios doesn't support USB booting. LOL Now that's a special one.

Also running Puppy on my old Timex Sinclair....

...... No, just kidding on that one....

Burn_IT · #14 Post by **Burn_IT** » Sun 12 Mar 2017, 15:12

Nor does mine!!

rufwoof · #15 Post by **rufwoof** » Sun 12 Mar 2017, 17:06

Installing a Puppy update on a Colossus II

(Sorry, couldn't resist)

slavvo67 · #16 Post by **slavvo67** » Sun 12 Mar 2017, 18:04

Installing a Puppy update on a Colossus II

LOL. Is that old man Kauler in the background?

J_D_ · #17 Post by **J_D_** » Mon 13 Mar 2017, 02:21

slavvo67 wrote:
Installing a Puppy update on a Colossus II
LOL. Is that old man Kauler in the background?

And, does it have a floppy ??

Burn_IT · #18 Post by **Burn_IT** » Mon 13 Mar 2017, 11:31

Depends whether it is turned on or not!!

J_D_ · #19 Post by **J_D_** » Wed 15 Mar 2017, 02:11

Burn_IT wrote:Depends whether it is turned on or not!!

They have standing tall for that.

Wildman69 · #20 Post by **Wildman69** » Fri 07 Apr 2017, 15:48

My Primary Desktop

PC Manufacturer: Compaq-Presario
Product Name: GN578AA-ABA SR5233WM

Motherboard Vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Product Name: Lancaster8

BIOS Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
Version: 5.19
Release Date: 03/04/2008

Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz
Max Speed: 2800 MHz
Current Speed of Core 0:2800 MHz, 1:2800 MHz
Total RAM: 3028 MB
Total Swap: 3067 MB

Linux Kernel: 4.9.13 (i686)
Kernel Version: #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Mar 9 09:27:40 GMT 2017
PAE Enabled: No

Distro: xenialpup 7.0.6
Window Manager: JWM v2.3.5
Desktop Start: xwin jwm

My Portable Netbook

PC Manufacturer: Acer
Product Name: Aspire one

Motherboard Vendor: Acer
Product Name: Aspire one

BIOS Vendor: Acer
Version: V1.03
Release Date: 04/13/2009

Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
Max Speed: 1600 MHz
Current Speed of Core 0:1600 MHz, 1:1600 MHz
Total RAM: 2012 MB
Total Swap: 0 MB

Linux Kernel: 3.14.56 (i686)
Kernel Version: #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 21 14:52:08 GMT 2015
PAE Enabled: No

Distro: tahrpup 6.0.5
Window Manager: JWM vgit-976
Desktop Start: xwin jwm

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