yes! I did the same thing, although I never got a 486 and jumped to a amd k6-2 with Blender when it came out. Never had the math co-processor either, although it would have been nice.
I had just started using Mint mobile and then I find out a month later that T-Mobile is acquiring them, now this... there was a reason I never wanted to use T-Mobile. Guess I gotta find another provider... again