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Hey! I found this old laptop for $500. Do you think I should buy it? Can I run Linux? Arch obviously.
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If it’s like the older vtech educational toys it uses some z80 processor, so you won’t be able to run Linux but you can a few different hobbyist microcomputer operating systems like zeal8bit and fuzix.
Man, I had a vtech “computer” as a kid in the later 90’s. I don’t remember what happened to it or what it was even actually good for.
Pretty sure this is what I had.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/395832416009?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=0qo80bobtii&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=R-vbXi9SRQ6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
...that's the POWER model: the unit posted above is the consumer version with the SX chip, no math coprocessor and fewer function keys...