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Re: For Sale, 610meg IDE w/linux preconfigured

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From: jpergal
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 00:00
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On Tue, 11 Feb 1997 17:49:56 -0500, klaatu <klaatu@clark.net> wrote:

>For Sale: 
>
>610 Seagate IDE drive, Boca Board IDE driver card & cables, Slackware
>Linux pre-installed, $250.00
>
>This new Seagate 8272A (630meg unformatted) drive has perhaps 50 hours
>on it since it came out of the bag. The Boca Board is the IDE Plus
>model, which can support 2 IDE harddrives, 2 floppies, 2 serial and 2
>parallel interfaces. Comes with all cabling. As configured, it's set for
>secondary IDE, no ports, and would make a perfect adapter for an add-on
>Linux system. If you've got a standard motherboard with one slot and a
>power-supply plug to spare, you can just drop it in as is, reset your
>BIOS to recognize it and you're ready to go. Complete with original
>manual.
>
>If you decide that you want it, just let me know what kind of computer
>you have and I'll install the Linux. This will be a semi-complete Linux
>system, with the A, AP, D, N, X, and XAP sets on it, ready for
>networking with some tweaking. Also includes assorted GNU goodies such
>as the 'ssh/sshd' package for secure networking, MESA graphics
>libraries, the 'tycoon' point and click iconic tool-bar for application
>invocation, and Openwin installed as the X-window manager. Includes a
>special how-to file to get you up and on the network as soon as
>possible. Comes with GNU compiler and all of the applications you've
>come to expect from Slackware Linux, with the exception of the Tex
>package and X-application Development packages. This is largely a clone
>of the working internet domain host 'earthops.org' and also has working
>NCSA 'httpd', and all of the standard Perl apps that come with that.
>
>Also, if anyone's trying to get a Harvest server up and running, a Linux
>host is ideal for this purpose. Anyone needing a Harvest multi-site
>search engine/indexing implimentation, let me know.
>
>Also, Slackware X configs and general tweaking available.
>
>-- 
You can buy a 2 Gig drve for $230, a 3 Gig for $295 a 650 Meg for $250
ain't  much of a deal!
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From: jpergal@erols.com (jpergal)
Subject: Re: For Sale, 610meg IDE w/linux preconfigured
Date: 1997/02/12
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