Show HN: My website, hosted on a 386 25 MHz, 4 MiB of RAM, 38400 baud internet

Re:Show HN: My website, hosted on a 386 25 MHz, 4 MiB of RAM... by serentty on Saturday April 16, 2022 @07:40PM (#31057066)

I think the 38400 baud connection is a bigger issue than the CPU load. When I get Ethernet working I think there is a decent chance that I won’t need CloudFlare—especially if I can find a full 32-bit server that really uses the potential of the 386. Now to wait for that card to arrive in the mail. ;)

Edit: If you want to visit the page directly without CloudFlare, go to http://trombone.zapto.org instead.

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Re:Show HN: My website, hosted on a 386 25 MHz, 4 MiB of RAM... by orangepurple on Saturday April 16, 2022 @08:04PM (#31057209)

I guess the next challenge is gigabit ethernet (!!!) for the 386

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Re:Show HN: My website, hosted on a 386 25 MHz, 4 MiB of RAM... by serentty on Saturday April 16, 2022 @08:07PM (#31057230)

There are 100 Mbps (Fast Ethernet) cards for the ISA bus, which in practice can apparently be around 50% faster than 10 Mbps Ethernet over such a bus. However, they seemed pretty expensive compared to the ubiquitous 3com Etherlink III that are available quite cheaply. I think Ethernet will still make a huge difference in terms of serving this site.

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