Linux-Hardware Digest #258, Volume #10 Mon, 17 May 99 20:13:29 EDT
Contents:
Re: Examples of best machines for LINUX, least expensive machines (Eric Fierke)
Zip Drive and ext2 ("Zachary C. Whitley")
Re: How do I move linux? (Rod Roark)
re:Adaptec aic7895 in redhat 6.0 ("Dale Khehra")
Zoom 56K Model 2925L PCI Modem - will it work? ("Stephen McGinnis")
HP LaserJet 1100 (GatonSon)
Re: Hercules und Linux ("Karl Lewalter")
AGP only at 8bpp?! ("Koder")
Re: HP 8100i CD-RW IDE problems. (Alex Waltrip)
Re: serial port recommendations? ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: 3Com 3C900B card support broken (John Petter Reinertsen)
Re: HP 8100i CD-RW IDE problems. (Brad Pepers)
Suse Linux 6.1 with Diamond Fireport 40 (Matthias Brantner)
Netscape & PPP (alpine)
Re: Problem with cdrecord ("Tiamat")
Re: Zoom 56K Model 2925L PCI Modem - will it work? (Rob Clark)
Re: Problem with cdrecord ("Tiamat")
Re: Problem with cdrecord ("Tiamat")
Re: Token-ring cards (bill davidsen)
Build or buy? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Eric Fierke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Examples of best machines for LINUX, least expensive machines
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 14:22:05 -0400
In general, the best machines (IMHO) tend to be the machines you build
yourself. It takes a little more effort than ordering one from gateway,
or going to best buy to get one but, in general, it tends to be less
expensive, you know EXACTLY what goes into it, and you learn a lot in the
process.
Eric
> 1. What are some examples of the best machines for LINUX ?
>
> 2. What are some examples of the least expensive machines for LINUX ?
>
>
>
> Please reply via
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Don Saklad 2 Linwood Place Cambridge MA 02139-1525
> tel. 617-661-9650 voice & FAX
>
>
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From: "Zachary C. Whitley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Zip Drive and ext2
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 15:37:10 -0400
I've been trying to make an ext2fs on a zip disk
and am having some problems.
When I try to verify the partition table with fdisk
after creating a Linux Native partition it tells
me that there are 31 unused cylindars. If I ignore
that and make the file system (mkfs.ext2) everything
seems to work OK but when I run fdisk again it doesn't
list any partitions on the disk.
and does anyone know why dos uses the 4th partition?
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I move linux?
Date: 17 May 1999 19:55:29 GMT
Millinium Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is there a safe and easy way to move a working linux to another hard
>drive? I have an 850mb as a file and internet server and I want to
>move to a 2.1 Gb. Is there an easy way to migrate to the new drive?
Yes. Make the new filesystem, mount it, and then copy everything to
it with cp -avx. Edit /etc/fstab to suit the new drive location.
You'll need a boot diskette for first-time booting.
-- Rod
======================================================================
Sunset Systems Preconfigured Linux Computers
http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
======================================================================
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From: "Dale Khehra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: re:Adaptec aic7895 in redhat 6.0
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 13:58:41 -0700
Hello Everyone
I am using Tyan 1836DLUAN-GX motherboard.This motherboard has onboard
adaptec's AIC-7895 scsi card.
When I try to install Redhat 6.0 and when it came at the point where it
scans the scsi card, it hangs there.I tried with changing motherboards but
am having same problem.The same card works fine with Redhat 5.2.Anybody has
any idea what the problem might be.
Thanks in advance .....
Dale Khehra
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From: "Stephen McGinnis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Zoom 56K Model 2925L PCI Modem - will it work?
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 16:29:11 -0400
Well, RedHat Linux 6.0 (which I just upgraded to yesterday from 5.2) still
gives an "unknown device" under "PCI devices found" for my modem. Am I
still beating a VERY dead horse or has someone actually managed to get this
particular modem to work under Linux?
(Thanks in advance to all of you who are tired of hearing about PCI modems!)
Steve McGinnis
(p.s. The good news is that Glint is no longer broken since RedHat switched
to Gnome!)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GatonSon)
Subject: HP LaserJet 1100
Date: 17 May 1999 21:18:41 GMT
Does anyone know if the HP LaserJet 1100 printer works under Linux? The reply
I got from HP support is "What is Linux?" I'm new to Linux and I don't really
want to be wrong with the purchase of a laser printer.
Thanks. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Karl Lewalter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hercules und Linux
Date: 17 May 1999 21:21:14 GMT
Hi,
i use the same card and also have problems running X11. The chipset on this
card ist the Trio-3D from S3. You can look at www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html
which server to use. They say it works with the VGA16-server, but I only
get resolutions of 300x200.
Maybe you can send me a mail if you got the answer!! :-))
Bye
Karl
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From: "Koder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.sources.kernel,linux.dev.kernel,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware
Subject: AGP only at 8bpp?!
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 23:26:47 +0200
JOe!
I own an Intel i740 SVGA 3D AGP with 8MB card, on which I run the XFree86
system. I can only get it as high as 8bpp (= 256 colors). I wonder why? On
my former SVGA card, which was an S3 ViRGE 3D/DX with 4MB, I could easily
get it to 24bpp (= true color)
Someone at work just told me that this is due to the limitations in the
KERNEL, that does not have full support for AGP. Is this true? Any advice?
And yes, I AM using the right xserver!
sincerely,
Koder
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From: Alex Waltrip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: HP 8100i CD-RW IDE problems.
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 14:55:37 -0600
I noticed below that Glenn had successfully installed and is running linux with his HP
8100i CD-RWon
a machine similar to mine.. I too have a HP 8100i CD-RW drive but have not been so
successful. I
have installed cdrecord 1.6.1 and xcdroast. When I do a 'cdrecord -scanbus' it lists
my scsi
devices but not the IDE CD-RW even though I use 'append="hda=ide-scsi"' in my
lilo.conf.
Xcdroast sees the IDE in the "SCSI-IDE" info section but does not think it is capable
of writing.
According to all the HOWTO's I've read and README.ATAPI, it says since I'm running a
very recent
kernel (2.0.36-3) all I need to do is the 'append="hda=ide-scsi"' in lilo.conf. Is
this all you had
to do Glenn?
Also, is 'ide-scsi' the name of a driver? If so then how can I tell if it is part of
my kernel?
Thanks.
Glenn Merkel wrote:
> I have a ASUS P5A motherboard, Samsung 64MB PC100 CAS2 Memory, Quantum
> 10GB HD, Voodoo3 Video Card, SB PCI 128 Sound Card, CL Encore 2X DVD-ROM
> drive, HP 8100i CD-RW Drive, and a AMD K6-3 400 CPU.
>
> I'm currently dual-booting Windows 98 and Linux, until I receive my Beta
> 3 release of NT 2000. Then I'm going to try triple-booting, since NT
> will be able to recognize the FAT32 drive like Linux can.
>
> Anyway... the system runs great, except for a lack of Linux drivers for
> the Voodoo3, and my inexperience with Linux. Installed using Red Hat
> 6.0, downloaded from the web, btw.
>
> And as far as thermal grease with your fan, etc. What a load of crap.
> I fell for that with my Celeron 366MHz, when I thought maybe I could run
> at 550MHz thanks to Sharky Extreme and other sites. Well, despite a $70
> fan and grease... I didn't get jack except a high priced fan that
> doesn't do much more than my retail one did. My K6-3 400MHz has a
> CompUSA fan & heatsink that cost $15... and while it was overpriced, it
> seems to get the job done.
>
> Just my $.02.
>
> Glenn
--
Alex P. Waltrip
EIS Lockheed Martin Denver
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: serial port recommendations?
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 17:19:10 -0400
Back in the "old days" we used to use switch boxes for the few available
serial ports.
Bud Rogers wrote in message ...
>OK, this is not strictly on-topic for the group, but it's at least hardware
>related. My better half just bought herself a graphics tablet for her W95
>box. The tablet needs a serial port and IRQ for itself. Turns out with
>all the other junk she already has in that box, every IRQ is taken.
>
>Looks like I'll have to rip out her internal modem and put in a multi-port
>serial card to get around the IRQ shortage. Anyone have any
>recommendations of what to look for or avoid?
>
>--
>Bud Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.sirinet.net/~budr/twocups.gif
>
> Linux twocups 2.0.36 #5 Mon Mar 15 21:01:56 CST 1999 i686 unknown
> 2:23pm up 4 days, 13:44, 4 users, load average: 0.07, 0.10, 0.06
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Petter Reinertsen)
Subject: Re: 3Com 3C900B card support broken
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 21:46:54 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 17 May 1999 11:50:47 GMT, in comp.os.linux.hardware,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>John Petter Reinertsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Sat, 15 May 1999 07:40:51 GMT, in comp.os.linux.hardware,
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>>I installed Redhat 6.0 today. I like the install menus in 5.2 much
>>>better. My 3Com Etherlink 10Mb 3C900B-TPO card works fine under 5.2.
>>>However, following the install of 6.0 I can't get the system to
>>>recognize the card is in the machine. Ifconfig certainly does not see
>>>it. I USED THE IDENTICAL NETWORK SETTINGS as with 5.2 yet it does not
>>>work. I finally reinstalled 5.2 and voila! The card works fine on the
>>>network. I believe the card support under 6.0 is screwed up in some
>>>way. Certainly not worth my time to find out.
>
>> It looks like the card is recognized and installed, but I am not able
>> to connect to the DHCP server. Something fails.
>> And it worked flawlessly under redhat 5.2.
>
>Check <http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/errata/rh60-errata-general.html> --
>this is a documented error and has been addressed by RedHat.
Thanks a lot!
--
Regards
John Petter Reinertsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Remove spamstop. to reply.)
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From: Brad Pepers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: HP 8100i CD-RW IDE problems.
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 22:26:08 GMT
Alex Waltrip wrote:
>
> I noticed below that Glenn had successfully installed and is running linux with his
>HP 8100i CD-RWon
> a machine similar to mine.. I too have a HP 8100i CD-RW drive but have not been so
>successful. I
> have installed cdrecord 1.6.1 and xcdroast. When I do a 'cdrecord -scanbus' it
>lists my scsi
> devices but not the IDE CD-RW even though I use 'append="hda=ide-scsi"' in my
>lilo.conf.
Are you sure about the "hda" part? This means the CD-ROM is the master
on the primary IDE controller which is normally where you have your
hard-drive. Of course you may have SCSI hard-drives but I just thought
I'd check!
I'm using a HP 8100i right now and it works fine. All I had to do was
add the "hdd=ide-scsi" to my lilo.conf (and then run "lilo" which is
needed to make the change take effect - did you forget this part?).
I also have compiled my own kernel and had originally compiled out the
IDE-SCSI support so I had to recompile and re-enable it.
Do you see messages like this in your kernel startup messages? You
display them after booting by using the "dmesg" command or looking
at the /var/log/messages file.
<first these show up early on>
ide_setup: hda=1757,255,63
ide_setup: hdd=ide-scsi
<then there is a bunch of other stuff before the rest of the IDE info>
hda: IBM-DTTA-371440, 13783MB w/462kB Cache, CHS=1757/255/63, UDMA
hdb: Maxtor 90840D6, 8010MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=1021/255/63, UDMA
hdc: NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:28D, ATAPI CDROM drive
hdd: Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 8100, ATAPI drive - enabling SCSI
emulation
If you are not getting those messages then there is something not
right in your kernel or lilo setup.
--
Brad Pepers
Linux Canada Inc. Home of Linux products in Canada!
http://www.linuxcanada.com Proud supporter of Cyclades, Red
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hat, and Caldera.
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Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 14:11:06 +0200
From: Matthias Brantner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Suse Linux 6.1 with Diamond Fireport 40
Hi,
I have got the Diamond Fireport 40 PCI SCSI-Controller in my System and
I have installed Suse Linux 6.1. with Kernel v2.2.4. During the
Installation I have chosen Modul "NCR53c8xx" for my SCSI-Controller (I
didn't need any parameters). The Controller was found. After finishing
the installation I try to boot my system, but it stops with kernel
panic:
"VFS: Cannot open root device"
"Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to open root fs"
It says that no SCSI-Host was found.
No I boot from CD and start the modul from the installation routine
again. It works. The I start an existing installation and want to create
a new kernel.
Menuconfig:
SCSI low-level drives:
I can choose NCR53c7,8xx or NCR53c8xx. No matter which I choose, the
same Kernel Panic appears.
Can anybody help me please.
Thanx in advance
--
Mfg,
Matthias Brantner
===================================================
Matthias Brantner EDV-Service & Vertrieb
Tel.: 07422-245965
Mobil: 0171-3800938
===================================================
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From: alpine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netscape & PPP
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 16:49:59 -0400
i have established a network connection
but netscape is reporting that it could not find the domain name for
anything
i.e.: netscape is not seeing the connection
running pent pro 200
sportster 56k internal
redhat 5.2
i have had this exact system working before and went through a new
hard drive
and now can't seem to get it to function properly
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From: "Tiamat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with cdrecord
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 00:12:55 +0200
> Here's my config :
> Pentium 200 (non MMX)
> Ram 128 MB
> 3 HD : 8.4 GB (IDE0), 1.6 GB (IDE1) et 2 GB (IDE2)
> Linux SuSE 6.0 on /dev/hdc2, swap on /dev/hdc1 (about 100MB)
> CDRom Pioneer SCSI 36x (scd0 -> /dev/cdrom)
> CDWriter JVC WR2010 (scd1 -> /dev/cdwriter)
> SCSI Adaptec AHA2940 UWSCSI
>
Well, my fault, I forgot to say that my kernel was 2.2.5.
Now I've upgraded to 2.3.2 and everything works perfectly, I've just burned
2 cd's with absolutely no problem :)
Maybe the effor made by Adaptec with providing information was finally worth
it.
If every hardware manufacturer could do so, many hardware problems would be
avoided.
But maybe I'm wrong, if someone has an answer, I'd be interested in knowing
it.
--
A. Claden (aka Tiamat)
If a man says it's a silly childish game, it's something his wife can beat
him at.
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Subject: Re: Zoom 56K Model 2925L PCI Modem - will it work?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 22:52:10 GMT
In article <7hpul6$ben$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stephen McGinnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Well, RedHat Linux 6.0 (which I just upgraded to yesterday from 5.2) still
>gives an "unknown device" under "PCI devices found" for my modem. Am I
>still beating a VERY dead horse or has someone actually managed to get this
>particular modem to work under Linux?
No, it's a winmodem-- you will not get it to work.
Sorry :(
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: "Tiamat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with cdrecord
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 00:15:19 +0200
> Here's my config :
> Pentium 200 (non MMX)
> Ram 128 MB
> 3 HD : 8.4 GB (IDE0), 1.6 GB (IDE1) et 2 GB (IDE2)
> Linux SuSE 6.0 on /dev/hdc2, swap on /dev/hdc1 (about 100MB)
> CDRom Pioneer SCSI 36x (scd0 -> /dev/cdrom)
> CDWriter JVC WR2010 (scd1 -> /dev/cdwriter)
> SCSI Adaptec AHA2940 UWSCSI
Well, my fault, I forgot to say that my kernel was 2.2.5.
Now I've upgraded to 2.3.2 and everything works perfectly, I've just burned
2 cd's with absolutely no problem :)
Maybe the effor made by Adaptec with providing information was finally worth
it.
If every hardware manufacturer could do so, many hardware problems would be
avoided.
But maybe I'm wrong, if someone has an answer, I'd be interested in knowing
it.
If I may, I'd say to use that new 2.3.2 kernel, it's working perfectly, I've
been using it since sunday with just one little problem with ps (I was
stupid enuff not to read the readme's and to upgrade ;) ). Now all is
perfect :)
cya
--
A. Claden (aka Tiamat)
If a man says it's a silly childish game, it's something his wife can beat
him at.
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From: "Tiamat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with cdrecord
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 00:15:45 +0200
Well, my fault, I forgot to say that my kernel was 2.2.5.
Now I've upgraded to 2.3.2 and everything works perfectly, I've just burned
2 cd's with absolutely no problem :)
Maybe the effor made by Adaptec with providing information was finally worth
it.
If every hardware manufacturer could do so, many hardware problems would be
avoided.
But maybe I'm wrong, if someone has an answer, I'd be interested in knowing
it.
If I may, I'd say to use that new 2.3.2 kernel, it's working perfectly, I've
been using it since sunday with just one little problem with ps (I was
stupid enuff not to read the readme's and to upgrade ;) ). Now all is
perfect :)
cya
--
A. Claden (aka Tiamat)
If a man says it's a silly childish game, it's something his wife can beat
him at.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Token-ring cards
Date: 17 May 1999 22:27:13 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Fulajtar Pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| I have a 3com Velocity ISA16/4 token-ring card. Does anybody know,
| where can i find Linux driver for it?
| In the kernel I found only two supported cards. No more cards has Linux
| support?
I was of the opinion that this card was either 100% compatible with the
4/16 or had a compatible mode. There is a 3Com card which is compatible,
but I would have to go to tape backups to find the number at this late
date.
I assume you have tried the recent TR driver (ibmtr) without luck. It
was deeply broken for a long time, and now works but seems to only use
half the shared memory, or a quarter if it's double buffered. In any
case it works:
tr0 Link encap:16/4 Mbps TR HWaddr 08:00:5A:4F:5C:53
inet addr:192.168.137.118 Bcast:192.168.137.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MTU:2000 Metric:1
RX packets:43821334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
TX packets:19834359 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
Interrupt:9 Base address:0xa20
I hear there's finally a PCI driver, but I don't know where to find it.
--
bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
One common problem is mistyping an email address and creating another
valid, though unintended, recipient. Always check the recipient's
address carefully when sending personal information, such as credit
card numbers, death threats or offers of sexual services.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Build or buy?
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 23:04:24 GMT
So, my boss told me on Friday to go and get myself a new computer and
send him the bill. He said, as long as it came in under $3000, it was
okay by him.
At first, I was all delirious and sweaty-palmed, figuring this was my
chance to rig together one of those dual-Celeron systems I've been
reading so much about. Not that I *need* two CPU's--it just sounds so
damn cool, I've been itching to try it. Or build some other, monster
'dream system' of my own design.
My enthusiasm was somewhat abated when I started pricing out individual
components and estimating the amount of *time* involved in setting up a
custom system compared to just plunking down $3000 for a loaded Dell.
What I am in fact *supposed* to be doing with this new box is writing a
WinNT GUI for some simulation software, and I need to get started, like,
NOW (which is why I was instructed to go out and buy a new machine).
What if I bought a bunch of parts and it took me 2-3 weeks to get them
all working right? Such a delay would be _EXPENSIVE_.
It appears I can get (marginally?) more bang for my buck by assembling a
custom system, and be much more certain of being able to run Linux
relatively trouble-free (a *requirement*, AFAIC), but does this really
matter when it's not my dime anyway? If some piece of hardware doesn't
work with Linux as supplied, I can probably just go buy a new one and
*still* come in under $3K. I wonder what others would do in this
situation. Do you take a risk and use the opportunity to build your
dream system, or stick to something less exciting but, perhaps, more
secure?
Any advice, cautionary tales, etc. much appreciated.
--
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Dave Wolfe
gForce Technologies Inc.
P.S. Here's a quote from Dell on a monster system priced at $2578 that
got me thinking about whether I really want to bother building my
own...
Dell Dimension T Series:
Dimension� XPS T550, Pentium� lll Processor
at 550 MHz
Memory:
128MB 100MHz SDRAM
Keyboard:
Microsoft� Natural� Keyboard Elite
Monitor:
19" (18.0" viewable, .26dp) Trinitron�
P990 Monitor
Video Card:
16MB Diamond Viper TNT 3D AGP Graphics Card
Hard Drive:
NEW 13.6GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
Floppy Drive:
1.44MB Floppy Drive
Operating System:
Microsoft� Windows� 98
Mouse:
MS IntelliMouse�
Modem:
3Com� USRobotics V.90* PCI Telephony WinModem
for Sound
CD-ROM Drive:
40X Max Variable CD-ROM Drive
Sound Card:
Turtle Beach Montego II A3D320V Sound
Card,FactoryInstall
Speakers:
Altec Lansing ACS-340 Speakers with Subwoofer
TV TUNER:
STB PCI TV/FM Tuner
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