16-August-2019
Compaq EVO N610c funny pics
De-linting time
So many years, so much dust going through the fan...
![](lint1.png)
Let's patiently clean that
![](lint2.png)
15 year of dust look like this. Feeling like an archaeologist...
![](lint3.png)
Did you say YEARS?
So, what's the oldest operating system I can run on the Compaq?
According to Wikipedia, PC-DOS 3.20 was the first PC operating
system that was able to work with 3½ inch
720Kbyte floppies.
Here it is, running natively on the Compaq Evo N610c.
An operating system from 1986 running on a computer built in 2003,
today, in 2019.
![](pc-dos-320.png)
... And running a game from 1987
![Where's Larry?](lslitlotll.png)
So, if I can go all the way back to 1987 what's the latest operating
system I can run?
Well, I'm running linux kernel version 4.9.135, but I'm pretty sure
I can just compile and install the latest one
without any problems...
But... This is a 32bit machine and all the nicest stuff is 64bits
nowadays...
I cannot "properly" run any 64 bit operating system on it, right?
RIGHT?
![](Screenshot_Debian-64bit-.png)
![](Screenshot_Debian-64bit.png)