Hello WAYNE.

25 Apr 05 10:40, you wrote to me:

 WC> -> That is the problem, I get to work on them mostly when they are
 WC> broke, and -> spares are not available or if they are, I can buy 10-15
 WC> replacement parts for -> a standard computer for 1 of their parts,
 WC> then the owner does not want to pay -> daylight robbery prices ... so
 WC> my time is mostly wasted, and the owners piss -> me off further when
 WC> they request that I make ordinary "normal" parts fit
their -> box.
 WC> 

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

I have found Compaq and HP boxes to be reliable, but when they break, here we 
chuck them away, as getting replacement parts is not worth it, so I avoid them 
as far as possible.

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

 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.

No problem when one has enough slots to accomodate, normal bits an pieces.

Russell

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