new home needed for old computer

[TheCreator]

Hey,
I'd love this comp. it would be good for my development, and 
practices, so I could actually have a linux computer that is stable, 
that I don't crash. lol
How much you asking?
e-mail me off list, and maybe we cn work something out.
Thanks,At 01:29 PM 10/2/06, you wrote:
>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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