ravhall@discuss.online to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoHey! I found this old laptop for $500. Do you think I should buy it? Can I run Linux? Arch obviously.discuss.onlineexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1394arrow-down125file-text
arrow-up1369arrow-down1external-linkHey! I found this old laptop for $500. Do you think I should buy it? Can I run Linux? Arch obviously.discuss.onlineravhall@discuss.online to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebloodfart@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up33·2 months agoIf it’s like the older vtech educational toys it uses some z80 processor, so you won’t be able to run Linux but you can a few different hobbyist microcomputer operating systems like zeal8bit and fuzix.
minus-squaretehn00bi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months agoMan, I had a vtech “computer” as a kid in the later 90’s. I don’t remember what happened to it or what it was even actually good for. Pretty sure this is what I had. https://www.ebay.com/itm/395832416009?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=0qo80bobtii&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=R-vbXi9SRQ6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
minus-square...m...@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 months ago…that’s the POWER model: the unit posted above is the consumer version with the SX chip, no math coprocessor and fewer function keys…
If it’s like the older vtech educational toys it uses some z80 processor, so you won’t be able to run Linux but you can a few different hobbyist microcomputer operating systems like zeal8bit and fuzix.
Man, I had a vtech “computer” as a kid in the later 90’s. I don’t remember what happened to it or what it was even actually good for.
Pretty sure this is what I had.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/395832416009?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=0qo80bobtii&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=R-vbXi9SRQ6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
…that’s the POWER model: the unit posted above is the consumer version with the SX chip, no math coprocessor and fewer function keys…