On Monday 31 Mar 2003 2:29 am, James Sparenberg wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 13:53, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > This is to replace the mobo in a box with a Cyrix/IBM cpu.  Everything in
> > it is pretty old, and would have to be replaced if I rebuild from
> > scratch.  From experience I would say that I would be pushing �500 to get
> > a full decent system together.  If I buy this for �50 I can get away by
> > putting in the current drives and spending nothing else.  But will it run
> > Mandrake?
> >
> > Anne
>
> Anne,
>
>   I've got a 733mhz Via C3 cpu on a second box here at home.  The only
> "problem" with it is the one mentioned in the MDK 9.0 errata.  Otherwise
> everything on the mobo came up and worked like a charm.  I wouldn't use
> this box for gaming but for everything else it compares nicely with an
> equal Intel or AMD CPU.  In fact it runs better under Linux than under
> Win2000 so there's a plus.
>
Thank you James.  It's looking good to go.  I just hope he hasn't sold out by 
the time I can get to him.

Anne
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