ravhall@discuss.online to Linux@lemmy.ml · 28 days 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-up1398arrow-down125file-text
arrow-up1373arrow-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 · 28 days agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebloodfart@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up33·27 days 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-227 days 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-227 days ago…that’s the POWER model: the unit posted above is the consumer version with the SX chip, no math coprocessor and fewer built-in 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 built-in function keys…