----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Sword <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linux Mandrake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 11:12 PM
Subject: [expert] An I-opening Hack: $200 PC
> Here's an interesting story
>
> An I-opening Hack: $200 PC (Technology 3:00 a.m. PST)
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34977,00.html?tw=wn20000316
>
> With a minor cable tweak, an engineer jerry-rigged his new, $99 Net
> 'appliance' into a fully functional Pentium PC. Supplies are dry --
> and now the company's IPO is boasting unexpected glitter. By Chris
> Oakes.
>
> http://www.linux-hacker.net/opener/
>
> He uses Mandrake-Linux also.
>
I hope to pick up mine today, but I am more likely to install BeOS on it
because of the USB support necessary for a NIC and the 32 MB memory/ 200 MHz
WinChip is a little light for running X/KDE. An on-board NIC and 64MB would
be a better Linux box.
Hoyt
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