Using an old computer
Developing on a 20-year old computer with 16MB RAM and Windows 98
June 23, 2016 - Willem L. Middelkoop
One must be a bit crazy to come up with the idea to build a blog (as in: actual programming) on an old 486 laptop with just 16MB RAM. I happen to be that crazy: I took my very first laptop from the 90s and decided to find out if it was possible to turn it into a development machine.
Continue reading![Toshiba T2130CT laptop with a 75Mhz Intel 486 processor and a whopping 16MB RAM (that is megabytes!)](/blog/2016-06-23_building-the-blog-in-style/images/i_00_Toshiba-T2130CT-laptop-with-a-75Mhz-Intel-486-processor-and-a-whopping-16MB-RAM-that-is-megabytes_500px.jpg)
![Never thought I would be happy to see this: the Windows 98 boot screen!](/blog/2016-06-23_building-the-blog-in-style/images/i_03_Never-thought-I-would-be-happy-to-see-this-the-Windows-98-boot-screen_500px.jpg)
![The 486-development machine!](/blog/2016-06-23_building-the-blog-in-style/images/i_04_The-486-development-machine_500px.jpg)
![I had to remove the original disk because it didn't work... or so I thought!](/blog/2016-06-23_building-the-blog-in-style/images/i_01_I-had-to-remove-the-original-disk-because-it-didn-t-work-or-so-I-thought_500px.jpg)
![... apparently it needed a little encouragement from its modern cousins...](/blog/2016-06-23_building-the-blog-in-style/images/i_02_apparently-it-needed-a-little-encouragement-from-its-modern-cousins_500px.jpg)
![VIM running on the 486 through PuTTY](/blog/2016-06-23_building-the-blog-in-style/images/i_05_VIM-running-on-the-486-through-PuTTY_500px.jpg)