new home needed for old computer

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

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


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