Using 486 PCI Slots

[Steven Martindale]

At 06:22 AM 12/31/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Tom Achtenberg wrote:
>> 
>> I'm very happy with my e-smith.  Only problem I see you maybe having is the
>> old 3com cards.  e-smith and all the others I checked out required PCI
cards.
>>  I bought a couple of cheap $10 ones at Fry's and it is working fine.
>> 
>----
>don't recall any 486's having PCI slots but my memory has this habit of
>failing me at odd moments.

Looks like three PCI slots. In fact the video card is in one of them.

Which raises a question. I may well just simply try it since the cards are
so cheap. It seems all the PCI USB cards say you need a pentium or better,
but then again they say you need Windows 98 or newer as well and linux was
perfectly happy spotting the USB card in my celeron box. Anyone know if
those USB cards really need a pentium, or are the manufacturers just
figuring "Well, 98 won't run well on a 486 anyway..."

I'm thinking of looking for another 486 since this one is so nice and
quiet. :-)