WinXP on a 2.53 Ghz P4 gets kind of boring after a while... so this weekend, I have decided to try some fun retro computing project: setup a network connection for my old 8088 PC XT running DOS to Linux and/or other Windows-based PCs using PLIP or serial connection.

Ended up scavenging 128 Kb of SRAM cache chips out of an unused 486 and putting it into one of the older machines I still use. Funny how I ended up nowhere close accomplishing my original objectives... at least I now have a "souped up 586" if that's any consolation. Yeah -- memories of 1994 are coming back to me now. I'll try again with the 8088 some other time; then I can relive 1988!