In this case, I already have the laptop and it seems like a great option =
given=20
the location.  If I can squeeze the wireless-NIC drivers in there, I'll t=
hen=20
be able to access the other machines for other apps or code-backup space,=
=20
etc.

RH8 *will* require a HD so I'm not considering that.  So far I'm using a=20
2-floppy distrib, and experimenting with a 1-floppy distrib now.

Cheers,
-Neil.


On Saturday 03 May 2003 07:48, John Ferrell scribbled:
> http://www.htsoft.com/
> Has a picclite for linux...
>
> FWIW, I found Red Hat 8 to be too much for a general purpose machine wi=
th
> only 3G of hard drive...
> When you task a PC to a single application, it sure takes up a lot of s=
hop
> space.
> I have considered old laptops ($20 IBM PC Convertabiles) but it still w=
orks
> out best for me to not split out applications.
>
> John Ferrell
> 6241 Phillippi Rd
> Julian NC 27283
> Phone: (336)685-9606
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Picdude" <picdude@NARWANI.ORG>
> To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 3:50 AM
> Subject: [PIC]: Linux assembler options?
>
>
> Looking for opinions for PIC assemblers under Linux.  My searches have =
so
> far
> found me...
>     - PICasm
>     - GPutils
>     - MPasm (dos version) under dosemu
>
> I'll leave out options like anything under wine, vmware, etc for now.
>
> The target machine is very basic (old aesthetically-challenged laptop
> w/128mb,
> but *no* HD, so single-floppy linux installation) and isolated (no
> network), so it's difficult to setup each of these assemblers for testi=
ng
> (though I'm still doing it slowly).

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