[sf-lug] SF-LUG meeting today, HP Compaq PC

[jim]

     I, Jim, may not have a vehicle this evening;
if so, I will not be able to drive anyone home
(from Cafe Enchante toward the Tenderloin and
parts nearby. Will anyone coming have a vehicle
and time and willingness to give rides from
Cafe Enchante to Geary and Hyde and parts
nearby?





On 11/20/2017 06:02 PM, acohen36 wrote:
> Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com> wrote at [1]:
>
>> .. the HP Pavilion is toast!  I have the drive and some
>> memory chips but not sure if anything there works.
>> The portable drive in its new case is not seen by the Dell.
>> That is where most of my iso files are stashed.
>>
>> Going to work on this, with mostly Linux tools and a screw
>> drive but have to check the Craig's list for another
>> small box or metal cased notebook.  ...
>
> I'm planning on attending this evening's SF-LUG meeting, and also plan 
> to bring along with me a fairly "small box"; an HP Compaq dc5000 Small 
> Form Factor x86 PC [2].
>
> This HP Compaq dc5000 SFF
> + is working fine
> + is available for *free* and is preferably for Bobbie S
> + has dual-boot Debian Stretch and Linux Mint 18.2 MATE
> installed onto an 80GB EIDE/PATA hard drive
> + has a spare 80GB EIDE/PATA hard drive (tested fine)
> + has 4.0GB of DDR-400 PC-3200 SDRAM (memtest'ed fine)
> + has 6 available USB 2.0 ports and an extra installed
> Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet PCI card
> + has an internal CD-RW PATA drive (easily replaceable for
> a DVD/DVD-writer drive)
> + comes along with its power cable, a keyboard, and a
> mouse, but *not* a monitor
> + comes along with a external USB drive and a pair of
> 100GB+ ext3-formatted EIDE/PATA hard drives for
> storing files/"iso files".
>
> If Bobbie S accepts this (directly cc'd on this as well), then maybe 
> it's not too far off from what John S wrote at [4] ;-)
>
> -A
>
>
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> [1]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2017q4/012977.html
> [2]https://www.manualslib.com/manual/275240/Hp-Compaq-Dc5000-Sff.html
> [3]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2017q4/012978.html
> [4]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2017q4/012978.html
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