multi-purpose message

[Dan Murphy]

Hi Bruce.
It just so happens that I had a 486 machine that was sitting around,
which I turned into a dedicated Linux bx.  It was an 80 MHZ machine, so
it wasn't the fastest for use with Windows, and it doesn't have to do a
lot with Linux, but it seems to work well with my Cable Modem.  My point 
is that you probably could use a used machine that's not the fastest,
with the biggest HD, and gobbs of memory, that is unless you have a
specific need for it.
On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Bruce Noblick wrote:

> Thanks to all who have responded with answers, questions etc.
> 
> This is a tower model.  I got a NIC card with it but still have the modem
> since I need it to dial in to work but probably won't use it for Linux
> unless the NIC card can't be gotten to work.  I use a sound blaster live
> sound card because that is the one they sold with multi-channel sound.
> I would have preferred to build my own machine for Linux and that still
> might not be a bad idea but I don't know where to begin to get the
> components.
> 
> I think for now I will persue a dual track and see which approach I can get
> to work first.  There is something very appealing about having a dedicated
> machine for Linux and it shouldn't be that expensive.
> 
> Thanks again to all who have responded to this message.
> 
> Enjoy!
> Bruce
> 
> 
> 
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Dan Murphy
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