very old computer - vintage with USB2 thinking 32bit miner
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sounds like my first computer 16mb gfx plz tell me its a VooDoo 3 ! lol i remember when they came out and changed my life i droped the console's and was Pro PC ever after
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I guess the java version will be your first big problem.
With a linux you can have every version you want but with Windows 98 ... not really.
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do you think that linux would work on an old 133mhz processor?
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@Gibsalot i remember voodoo 3 I used to druel over them lol
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@ZapbuzZ i had a few lol , playing CS mod for Half-Life on a voodoo 3 was amazing, and it made the origonal EQ playable for me
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@ZapbuzZ Linux work on older computer too, no problem with it. Maybe you must play with kernel for good working, but i am not sure.
If i recommend, Creepsky miner have minimal hardware requirements. Just sugestion ;).
It is on you, that is profitable burn energie with this really old hardware.
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@ZapbuzZ debian offers best support for old hardware. current release (debian 8 - jessie) supports down to i386, next major release they are bumping it up to i686 (https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/05/msg00001.html).
i have a 200 mhz pentium class (think it is amd k5) with 96 mb ram running debian 8.6 (boots to play audio streams when i am in workshop/garage).also be mindful of the ram buffer setting in the mining software, cause you seem a bit short on that.
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@Gibsalot i think i have more nostalgia for having twin 12mb voodoo2s in sli. because you need 3 video cards to display one 1024x768 screen right?
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@damncourier lol nice
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@damncourier I using Debian Jessie to for all my dayli task. It is great operating system with typical linux limitation - knowledge of user :).
But back to @ZapbuzZ question - as @daWallet wrote, with Win98 this task forward to fail, but with some light linux (example Debian), you can try it and see, that is profitable (electric energie vs mined BC) or not.
Still you are winner - earn experience with Linux and BC mining :). Good luck!
