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Skriven 2006-11-12 20:27:00 av WAYNE CHIRNSIDE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MAURICE KINAL
Ärende: Re: ttylinux
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MadTux PC:

WC> I'd love to hand off that link but it doesn't exist.

 MK> Right.  I couldn't find out much.  However I definetly am willing to
 MK> pick up the slack there for you whenever you feel up to it.  Peice of
 MK> cake.  :-)

 WC> MadTux has three entry level systems the lowest cost of which uses a
 WC> non-mainstream processor.

 MK> I am guessing AMD, probably Sempron on a S939 board.  The only AMD64 I
 MK> have played with thus far was a AM2 based one and it was good other
 MK> then the nforce chipsets.  Intels are WAY better.

VIA Samual II 800 MHz whatever that is however this is *not* the unit I 
was looking at but their $140 low end PC.

The one I was looking at has an Intel Celeron:
I can't say anything about the vendor, this is not to be taken
as a advertisement or recommendation just for discussion sake.

http://store.madtux.org/product_info.php?cPath=57&products_
id=248&osCsid=72d6e96e62fc8964621ab3dddb76ea1f

MadTux 2.53 GHz 64-bit Affordable Performance PC   $199.00 $179.00

The MadTux Affordable Performance PC is the perfect way to get started with 
Linux for those on a budget who desire higher performance than the MadTux 
Low Cost PC.

( the latter is the VIA CPU PC)

This is a 64-bit system that will run x86_64 or x86 versions of Linux.

The MadTux Performance PC has a 2.53 GHz Intel EM64T Celeron D Processor 
with a 533MHz FSB, 256MB DDR 400 RAM, 13.6GB 7200RPM Hard Disk and an 
embedded Intel Extreme Graphics engine, 64M shared memory, one AGPro slot, 
3 PCI slots, 1 CNR slot, 2 available SATA slots (internal), and 
2 UltraDMA IDE slots.

An onboard Realtek ALC655 6-channel audio CODEC supports uncompromising DVD 
audio quality, bringing a more vivid sound experience and high-quality audio 
without having to buy advanced sound cards.

The Performance PC has a Realtek 10/100 LAN port to connect to your network 
or broadband connection without having to buy an extra LAN card. It supports 
Ultra DMA /100 IDE devices, with data transfer rate up to 100MB/s.

A 300W power supply, 4 USB 2.0 ports and plenty of room in the case for 
expandability makes this a must-have at an amazingly affordable price!

These are brand new PCs with the CPU certificate of authenticity from Intel 
included with the package.

RE: Icop

 MK> I think it had something to do with ftp.

Linux firewall distribution.
From what I gather that's all it is at around 30 plus Meg.
I may download it just to look at the docs until such time
I've a machine to slap it into.

RE: Network cards
 WC> Well I've a bunch of those purchased used from someone but none
 WC> tested good.

 MK> I've got at least 30.  Some of them even have eproms but I don't have a
 MK> burner and they have some silliness burned on them.  I just take those
 MK> off and have a box full of them collecting dust.  I thought I might do
 MK> something about them but so far haven't worked up any motivation.

 WC> OTOH I've an NE2000(?) network card still sitting in the defunct H.P
 WC> and a Linksys 10/100 in this system.

 MK> NE2000's are worthless.  Novell can keep them.

Well I didn't have a stable Linux back then so I guess I could try some of
those
3Com cards agin in a second PCI slot or the ISA 3Com in the 1 ISA slot I have
and look at them again.

I also know a lot more about what I'm doing now.

 WC> no longer venturing out to walk a dog I can't stumble on a discarded
 WC> Dell, Emachine, Gateway or H.P. to see if swapping out the H.P.'s
 WC> goofy
 WC> SFX form factor power supply would bring it back to life.

 MK> Right.  The neighbour has a couple of those.

I need to look up the pinouts again ATX versus SFX.
There's just a 1 pin difference and I think it's where they dropped
-12 volt or -5 volt interface electronics support.

I can then make up a short conversion cable to use a stock aftermarket 
reliable brand ATX supply.

 WC> That would be sweet though as I saved the 64 and 32 Meg sticks of RAM
 WC> out of that machine when I'd upgraded it.

 MK> Perfect!  Those are worth hanging onto.

 WC> Yeah, now I'm looking for the file to edit to stop it from loading
 WC> KDE.

 MK> One of the rc's.  I haven't played with X for awhile now and I don't
 MK> recall which one offhand.  Also /etc/inittab might need to be ditched
 MK> for a more favourable one.

I'm not messing with it until backed up in depth shortly.

 WC>  This puppies' a Voodoo Banshee 3Dfx.

 MK> I don't know anything about them.  Seems to me there was a framebuffer
 MK> driver at one time but don't quote me on that.

All I know about it is it's AGP and works rather well in 1024x768.
I've saved svgafb.txt from my distribution to my text directory for review.

 WC> Mplayer does full screen from the GUI launch, half screen from the command
 WC> line
 WC> so I know it's doable.
 WC> I just my lack of proper syntax or video driver selection.

 MK> Right.

 WC>  Sounds nice and perhaps too much for me just now as my plate is
 WC> pretty full.

 MK> Take your time.  I am in no rush.

RE: Perl scripts, finding

Yeah, why reinvent the wheel?

 WC> I took some C in school after my spine was broken to try to get back
 WC> into the
 WC> workforce
 WC> and Perl looks a lot like C.

 MK> Simular.  Not quite 100% portable but close.

 Haven't done much yet with it only that simple script modification.

 Well this has run too long so I'm off to study this for a few more days.
 
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