# apt-get install rcs screen

Well, screen isn't on the bloody CD, so

# apt-get install rcs

# insmod 3c509

it works, so start cleaning up the network stuff
/etc/hosts
/etc/resolv.conf

# apt-get install less

# dpkg -i kernel-image-2.2.17_blowfish.2.1_i386.deb
# dpkg --purge modconf modutils
# rm -rf /lib/modules/2.2.17-blowfish*
# rm -rf /etc/modutils/
# rm /etc/modules.conf*

# dpkg --purge at

# /etc/init.d/portmap stop
# mv /etc/init.d/portmap .
# update-rc.d portmap remove

# apt-get install tcpdump

# apt-get setup
edit resulting /etc/apt/sources.list to add security.debian.org

# apt-get update
# apt-get upgrade

# apt-get install ssh
# apt-get install debconf
# dpkg --purge debconf-tiny
# apt-get install ipmasq
# echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

OK, everything works, and that last command isn't required when the
system is booted, so let's see if we can finish it off.

One thing is to see if we can tell the BIOS to ignore a missing keyboard
(and then test that).

The other thing is to and try to do all further administration remotely
via ssh (which we are now doing).

Let's get rid of obviously unnecessary packages to conserve disk space.
I'd like to be able to dump this system to a zip disk when it's fully
configured.

# dpkg --purge xviddetect tasksel pump
# dpkg --purge pciutils
# dpkg --purge isapnptools bc dc

Well, at this point the Compaq doesn't have a BIOS option for booting
without a keyboard. I suppose I need to look into a BIOS upgrade and see
if I can get that functionality.

Anyhoo, win95 and debian are working through the firewall, so I suppose
bsd is next.

And now OpenBSD is working through the firewall.

# apt-get install rsync
# apt-get install par screen
# apt-get install vim vim-rt