Quiet Before...

I've been sort of enjoying the quiet as Fall rolls in.  We've been having some nice, cool temperatures, which has made getting out and about very enjoyable.

However, I am sort of hoping all this quiet will come to an end, and new project will come through soon.    I'm beginning to feel rather 5th wheelish, as I sit and wait.

I do have some odds and ends coming my way, which will probably take up some of my time.  I ran across an old IBM Thinkpad T30 and got it for a very decent price.  It had the maximum RAM installed (1GB), which I was happy about.  (Saved me from having to scrounge any up.)  And I was able to quickly also acquire a new battery for it.  Only has the 40 GB HD option, but that should suffice, as I simply intend to install Crunchbang on it.  Should be here next week sometime.  (Yeah, I know...  I needed another Thinkpad like I needed a pet elephant, but...  You know...)

Also, I bit the bullet and ordered some new RAM for the old Thinkpad 380XD that's been sulking under the desk.  I'm going to max it out (96 megs...yes, megabytes), and do a little experiment...

I've tried several times to get Damn Small Linux running on the 380XD, with minimal success.   I keep running into the screen driver problem.  (It boots up fine, then the screen goes wonky and you can barely see the icons, etc.  Apparently, this is a common problem with DSL on these old Thinkpads.  Changing screen resolution, etc., doesn't seem to help at all.)  However...

Doing some research, I've come across multiple reports of folks being able to get various versions of Puppy Linux up and running on even older Thinkpads.  Models with slower processors and less RAM than the 380s...  So, of course, caution-to-the-wind-thrower that I am, I'm going to give it a shot.  I'm hoping the maxed out RAM gives me a slightly better chance.  (Yeah, I know Puppy usually demands at least 128 MB, but...  Well...)

I can naught but be reduced to swearing and gnashing my teeth, so... 

ETA on the RAM is sometime next week.  So I'd say next week is going to be bit of a ball.

We shall see...