> Did you compile a custom GNU Mach? > Yes, this was some time ago. Gnumach can see just my IDE disks, the ZIP and CD. Nothing expensive here. > I still want this machine :) > Easy. Buy a clean 486, with a good screen, graphics card etc, for about 100 Marks. Throw away the mother board and get a cheap second hand mother board/processor from a game player. Buy some SDRAM, next time they are selling it cheap.