[GRLUG] Linux system for sale

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Sun Dec 4 17:55:15 EST 2005


I name all of my PCs after Goa'ulds from "Stargate SG-1" :)

Pretty sure I know which PC this is - very small footprint - perfect for
use under small monitors.  My radio-astronomy group has 4 of them - great
little machines - pretty quiet too.

Rich


> Linux system for sale
>
> Name: Sakaki (Hey, I built it, so I get to name it).
>
> Sakaki is a Compaq Deskpro EN (small form factor) system with an 866 Mhz
> Pentium III and 512 MB RAM.  She has a 40 GB hard drive, CD-ROM and
> floppy.  Also built in video and sound.  PS/2 mouse and keyboard,
> parallel, serial and USB ports.  Note that she does have onboard am NIC,
> but I found it to be unreliable under Linux.  So she has a 3COM NIC in
> one of the expansion slots.
>
> The PC has a full-size CD-ROM bay, so you can put in a CD-R or a DVD
> drive.  She has 2 expansion slots left.  She will take full height
> cards, but may not take long cards.  Half-length cards will fit with no
> problem.
>
> She comes with mouse, keyboard and power cord.  All you need to supply
> is a monitor (and speakers if you like good sound).  She is preloaded
> with Mandriva Linux 2006 Power Pack with all the updates that were
> available when I built her (within the last couple of weeks).  You get
> the Mandriva CD-Rs that I used to install her.
>
> Sakaki is $100
> (Basically what I was charged for the hardware.)
>
> --
> Ron Lauzon - rlauzon at acm dot org
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