Since there has been some discussion here on running Linux on a 386, I 
thought this quote from one of the Debian lists would be of interest.

Quoted from Debian Trivia list:

"I've got an old 386 machine that I bought in early 1992 that still
runs well.

It ran exclusively on linux right from the start, serving as a BBS
from mid-1992 until June 29, 1996.  Since July of 2000, it's been
running Debian linux as my firewall at home."

Dennis Kibbe