Curt Lundgren <[email protected]> wrote:

> Jack, having seen 'Cabin in the Woods' last night, I'm very leery of
> "ritualized systems."
> 
> Who's the client?  (Those who have seen the movie, don't offer any
> clues,
> please!)
> 
> Curt
> 
> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > I am considering purchasing a reasonable new (or nice used) machine
> > with a recent version of CPU that can do 64 bit and run ritualized
> > systems.
> >
> > Does someone have suggestions of appropriate systems?  Mother
> boards?
> >  CPU's?
> >
> > My frustration has built, and my old machines I know and love, just
> > won't let me build newer os's.  One of my issues is the budget is
> > still minimal, but it will happen soon.
> >
> > Suggestions on the 'next step' is appreciated.
> >
> > ------------
> >
> > Why? (grumbles and whines continue below)
> >
> > I started today trying to build chrome OS from scratch, but just the
> > build process seems to require a 64bit processor.
> >
> > Last weekend I just tried to install Ubuntu 12.04LTS, but it can't
> be
> > installed due to a required option
> > in CPUs.  (my laptop i855PM, a Inter Pentium M processor is missing
> > the required option)
> >
> > Thanks for your input...
> > ><> ... Jack
> >
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If "ritualized systems" means that you have to wave a dead chicken over it to 
get it to work, then most of us probably have some ancient hardware that would 
qualify... except for the 64-bit requirement, of course.

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John F. Eldredge --  [email protected]
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