I expect to be moving house before too long and have the usual pile of kit that doesn't deserve the attentions of the removal men. Any takers for any of the following to save them from the skip? Two Bull P166 pizza-box type computers, each with a small (1-2G-ish) hard drive and modest amounts of memory (64MB as I recall). They run Linux happily in text mode and can be used as low-duty web servers or the like. One has a 14" monitor sitting on top that I seem to remember will do 1024x768; it was running Windows 98 until recently. Keyboards but the mice are in poor shape. Assorted drives: Fujitsu M1636TAU - labelled as 1.2GB Seagate ST31722A - labelled as 1.6GB Seagate ST3491A - a 428MB drive CD-ROMs: 2 x 48-speed, 1 x 24-speed, 1 x unlabelled. 2 x Matrox Millennium PCI graphics cards - probably only 2MB at most but they'll run at 1024x768. 1 x Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI card. 1 x USB Fax Modem - probably a WinModem. 2 x Intel Pentiums (Pentia?) with heatsinks/fans; probably about 100 or 200MHz but I can't decode the legends. And finally, a real treat: a Wyse 50 VDU in full working order. -- GT
dare i? i dare not, the missus would kill me if i cluttered the place up anymore! >From: Graham <gt@pobox.com> >To: ALUG <main@lists.alug.org.uk> >Subject: [ALUG] Spare computer hardware >Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:46:17 +0000 > >I expect to be moving house before too long and have the usual pile of kit >that doesn't deserve the attentions of the removal men. Any takers for any >of the following to save them from the skip? > >Two Bull P166 pizza-box type computers, each with a small (1-2G-ish) hard >drive and modest amounts of memory (64MB as I recall). They run Linux >happily in text mode and can be used as low-duty web servers or the like. >One has a 14" monitor sitting on top that I seem to remember will do >1024x768; it was running Windows 98 until recently. Keyboards but the mice >are in poor shape. > >Assorted drives: >Fujitsu M1636TAU - labelled as 1.2GB >Seagate ST31722A - labelled as 1.6GB >Seagate ST3491A - a 428MB drive >CD-ROMs: 2 x 48-speed, 1 x 24-speed, 1 x unlabelled. >2 x Matrox Millennium PCI graphics cards - probably only 2MB at most but >they'll run at 1024x768. >1 x Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI card. >1 x USB Fax Modem - probably a WinModem. >2 x Intel Pentiums (Pentia?) with heatsinks/fans; probably about 100 or 200MHz >but I can't decode the legends. > >And finally, a real treat: a Wyse 50 VDU in full working order. > >-- GT > >_______________________________________________ >main@lists.alug.org.uk >http://www.alug.org.uk/ >http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main >Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above!
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1 x Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI card.
Does it have a driver? -- Tony http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ The only way to tell when a Finn is in love with you is that they look at your feet instead of their own.
On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 09:43:08PM +0000, Anthony Anson wrote:
The message <200502271846.17392.gt@pobox.com> from Graham <gt@pobox.com> contains these words:
1 x Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI card.
Does it have a driver?
All the Linux distributions that I've used 'know about' Adaptec SCSI cards, at least if you install with the hardware in place. I'm sure you can add Adaptec SCSI with modules anyway. -- Chris Green (chris@areti.co.uk) "Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence."
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On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 09:43:08PM +0000, Anthony Anson wrote:
The message <200502271846.17392.gt@pobox.com> from Graham <gt@pobox.com> contains these words:
1 x Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI card.
Does it have a driver?
All the Linux distributions that I've used 'know about' Adaptec SCSI cards, at least if you install with the hardware in place. I'm sure you can add Adaptec SCSI with modules anyway.
Arbut - butbutbut - the machine would be a multi-OS one. It already runs Debian, Win 98 and Win 98SE, and when I can get it to stick, it will have Win 2000 on it too, and might even have OS2. (Also has CP/M - but that's emulated.) Debian found everything (AFAICT) that is on the box. I only asked, because WIN 98 won't find what I suspect is a rather younger S3 display driver, and I have a lot of smallish SCSI drives on an old Apricot server, and I don't really *NEED* three full towers under my desk. (I haven't at the moment - one of them died, but I hope that's not a permanent state of affairs. -- Tony http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ The only way to tell when a Finn is in love with you is that they look at your feet instead of their own.
From: Wayne Stallwood Sent: 26 February 2005 23:53
However I believe that out of the context of KDE k3b looses some of its best features (I like the integration with Amarok and the extension to the KDE action menu) isn't Red Hat of the default to Gnome school, Isn't there a Gnome equivalent of k3b ?
Well there's a sort of CD writer i/f built into Gnome Nautilus but I'm not a fan. I've been using K3B with Gnome for as long as I can remember and it's always done everything I've asked it (and that covers various audio and data combinations). Regards, Keith ____________ ADMIRATION, n. - Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. - Ambrose Bierce - The Devil's Dictionary
On Sunday 27 February 2005 21:43, Anthony Anson wrote:
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from Graham <gt@pobox.com> contains these words:
1 x Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI card.
Does it have a driver?
I found (and downloaded) a Windows 95 driver at www.driverguide.com. That should be OK for Win98 too. -- GT
On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 08:15:54PM +0000, Graham wrote:
On Sunday 27 February 2005 21:43, Anthony Anson wrote:
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from Graham <gt@pobox.com> contains these words:
1 x Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI card.
Does it have a driver? I found (and downloaded) a Windows 95 driver at www.driverguide.com. That should be OK for Win98 too.
Adaptec tend to have very good information (including drivers) on their web site, even for cards that haven't been made for some time. http://www.adaptec.com/ Click Support. Click "SCSI Host Adapters". Oh look. A big list of Adaptec SCSI cards and links to info/drivers. J. -- noodles is then seasoned to taste from the seasonings on the table
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On Sunday 27 February 2005 21:43, Anthony Anson wrote:
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1 x Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI card.
Does it have a driver?
I found (and downloaded) a Windows 95 driver at www.driverguide.com. That should be OK for Win98 too.
Ah. Yes. Found a display driver there because my LCD monitor postdates Win 2000. Debian (Woody) knew about it though. -- Tony http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ The only way to tell when a Finn is in love with you is that they look at your feet instead of their own.
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