The smallest RAM I have ever used for Linux was (wait for it) 80MB. That was on a Fujitsu Lifebook 735DX which had no CD-ROM or modem. It did have a PCMCIA slot so I plugged in an Ethernet card. I was able to install Deli Linux on floppies and then download the rest of the packages to get a GUI. It was a totally useless machine even in 2008 but as a point of principle interesting enough. The Pentium 133 MMX was way too slow for wifi.

Looking back over 40 years, we forget how impaired these early 8-bit machines were. The VIC-20 had only a 22 character display. You could play blocky games with ROM cartridges, but otherwise your only interface was  BASIC, saving your data on a cassette drive. The RAM could be expanded to 32K if you used the ROM slot but then you couldn't play games. The Commodore 64 was a much better model when it came out because you could get a monitor and a rudimentary floppy drive.

Ambulance rides are expensive and not covered all that much by insurance.  I was angry about it at first but after thinking about it I calmed down and arranged a very good payment plan.