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[PLUG] Re: Gateway "Essential" 866 x86-32 PC up for grabs
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All: The machine has been claimed. Thanks for your interest.
On 10/13/07, darin strait <darin.strait@ashdar-partners.com> wrote:
> It's Saturday and I'm unloading more gear. I've got a x86-32 PC up for
> grabs. Free as kittens. The rule is that you have to pick it up at my
> apartment on the east side of Lansdale, PA..
>
> These pictures are of a very similar unit:
> http://www.ronstultz.com/knowledge/Documents/Gateway%20Flexatstc%20BRO%20Essential%20933C.htm
>
> The major differences are:
> My unit is missing the grey/purple trim work show being removed in the
> second photo.
> The CDROM is not black, as show in the photos. It is a slightly darker
> beige than the case color. This Sony CDROM works, but it's pretty old
> and probably something like a 14x drive.
> My unit has a 866 MHz PIII processor.
> My unit has 1x128 MB and 1x256 MB stick for a total of 320 MB.
> My unit has a 6.4 GB WD disk, IIRC. I wiped the drive with DBAN a few
> weeks back.
> My unit is legacy-free, it has no parallel port and no serial ports.
> It does have built-in USB 1.1 ports.
>
> These machines have two PCI slots and onboard i810 (maybe i815)
> graphics. I ran debian on it for several years, with a 120 GB drive in
> it. One of the PCI slots has a 100 mbit NIC, the other has a 2 port
> USB2.0 card. This unit only takes half-height cards.
>
> This is an old machine that was designed for light use at the time it
> was made. I used it as my main linux machine up until August, but it
> can't complete with my Athlon XP 2000 laptop.
>
> The machine will boot off of the CDROM. If you've got a burned distro
> CD, installation should be a snap.
>
> I don't have a USB keyboard or mouse that I can give you. Basically,
> this if for the machine, no cords, no OS, no nuttin' else. I suspect
> that many people in this LUG have extra peripherals lying around
> anyway.
>
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