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

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From: klaatu
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 00:00
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Jim Kingdon wrote:
> =

> > >610 Seagate IDE drive, Boca Board IDE driver card & cables, Slackwar=
e
> > >Linux pre-installed, $250.00
> > You can buy a 2 Gig drve for $230, a 3 Gig for $295 a 650 Meg for $25=
0
> > ain't  much of a deal!
> =

> Agreed, though in fairness the Boca Board does have some serial and
> parallel ports which might matter to someone.

Yup. And again, it might matter to some people that it's pretty much all
set up to almost instantly start running X-Openwindows 'olvwm' without
all of the hassles that often come with a first-time Linux install.

And those extra serial and parallel ports would be definite plusses for
someone trying to get a Linux machine integrated with an existing office
system.

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From: klaatu <klaatu@clark.net>
Subject: Re: For Sale, 610meg IDE w/linux preconfigured
Date: 1997/02/14
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