WC>Older H.P. here, very reliable.
WC>Very good performance with Linux too with the Celeron 433
WC>and 256 Meg of RAM.

A little HP Celron 433 Tower was one of my Favorates. But I donated it
to some Senior Citizen when I came across a 550 Desktop I couldn't pass
on. I stil have it but don't real;ly have any ise for it any more. It
will be going to soem Senior Citizen at soem point i nhte future.

WC>Convinced it required proprietary memory I was informed otherwise
WC>and I upgraded it on the cheap.

HOP was at tiem picky abopt it's memory. Particualrly if trying to mix
different brands as I recall.

WC>Ripped out the combo software sound card - modem and using an external
WC>56K modem and Turtle Beach hardware sound card Knoppix Linux
WC>autodetects everything and provides the correct sound card drivers.

That combo modem sound card was the first thing that I disposed of
also. But then I far perfer External Modems anyow.
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