Hey, I'd love this comp. it would be good for my development, and practices, so I could actually have a linux computer that is stable, that I don't crash. lol How much you asking? e-mail me off list, and maybe we cn work something out. Thanks,At 01:29 PM 10/2/06, you wrote: >Hi people, > >I recently retired my old computer and would like to give it to someone >who might be interested. However, I retired it for a reason, so read >further if you are interested. > >There is an unknown source of error that caused the system to produce >errors every few days at unpredictable times. I was never able to pin >down the cause, and decided for that and other reasons to replace it >with a new system. So I would not offer it as a "working system" by any >means. In addition, after transferring what I wanted from it to my new >box, I erased both hard disks, so at the moment it is an OS-less >machine. > >The computer is six or seven years old and has gone through a number of >face lifts during that time. I am probably unable to provide >manufacturers and models of its components, but I will describe them >below. Needless to say they are all Linux compatible. The box has seen a >lot of service, for several years it was up and online 24X7. > >Here are the components: > >Motherboard: no audio, no video, no ethernet, but it has an AMD Athlon >processor, 1.4 GHz, over a GB of ram (1280 MB total), two serial ports, >PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors, a parallel port, and about 8 USB >connectors. > >Hard disks: one 40 GB disk, and one 120 GB disk, both relatively new. > >Expansion cards: Video card with 16 MB ram by Elsa (Vanta), two ethernet >cards, and a Creative Labs sblive sound card. > >CD drive: The CD drive is a CDR 28X, and of course it boots the system > >Oh yes, and it has a 3.5 inch floppy. > >This system will probably not give you many years of trouble free >service. It already gave me that. You might be able to coax it back to >life for a while, but in all likelihood you will want to cannibalize it >for parts. I will be happy to part with it for the cost of shipping, >with no warranty that it will work for you. > >Please write to me privately if you are interested or have specific >questions. I have limited space here, and zero hardware skills, so >hopefully you will have the space and the tinkering talent to do >something useful with the thing. > >Chuck > > >-- >The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (75% of Full) >Only 10 kinds of people: those who do binary, and those who do not. >But you can get a few downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
