Any recommendations?

From: HappyThoughts (Sorry_at_NoSpamAccepted.com)
Date: 01/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 05:36:40 GMT

I have an old eMachines 333 (Cyrix, I think) with a whopping 96MB RAM,
  a huge 20GB drive, and a dazzling 15-inch monitor... Any advice as to
which distro would run [well] on such an antique?! 

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