My machine died two days before I hit the road.

[Steve Litt]

Bring over a System Rescue CD and a Lubuntu 15.04 live CD to make sure
it works (no HD, after all). You can look at /proc/* and lshw to verify
that what he says is in there is in there. You can look
at /proc/cpuinfo to verify that it has hardware virtualization. If it
works with System Rescue CD, and it is substantially as described
including the CPU having hardware virtualization, do the following:

* Do NOT grind him on price. He might change his mind.

* Whip out $60 cash, get a receipt.

* Drive 4 blocks away, where he can't see or hear you.

* Get out of the car, do a victory dance.

* Order a fifty buck SATA hard disk from Newegg when you get home.
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339.
  Because you're moving, have it go to someone you trust to keep it
  safe. DO NOT have it go to the address you're moving out of or the
  address you're moving to. It will be gone.

* Install the hard drive, install Linux, have fun.

* For extra credit, you might want to install 16GB RAM on there and
  turn it into a monster VM machine. Take it from me, VMs, not metal,
  are where you want to do your experimentation.

SteveT


On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 09:09:04 -0700
Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yep
> On Aug 2, 2015 8:07 AM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > the price is good even without the hard drive?
> >
> > On 8/2/15, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > even without the hard drive?
> > >
> > > On 8/2/15, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> For 60 it's fine. It will run Linux very well once you wrangle
> > >> the AMD drivers. That will be a touch special.
> > >> On Aug 2, 2015 4:27 AM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I'm in Florida now and I have a University professor offering
> > >>> me a computer for 60 dollars. He built it himself around 2010
> > >>> and he gives the specs (below). I wish I didn't have to ask but
> > >>> does it sound like a good deal?
> > >>> --
> > >>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
> > >>>
> > >>> ---  Case: Antec 300
> > >>>       http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042
> > >>>
> > >>> ---  Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H
> > >>>      http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3138#ov
> > >>>
> > >>> ---  CPU:  AMD Athlon II X4 620 95W AM3 2MB Cache 2.6 GHz
> > >>>
> > http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Athlon-620-2600MHz-Retail/dp/B002MAPTFW
> > >>>
> > >>> --- RAM:  Mushkin Blackline 996587B (2x2GB)  total 4GB
> > >>>      http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146731
> > >>>
> > >>> --- Video:  Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 1GB GDDR3  PCI-E,
> > >>> HDMI,DVI-I,VGA.
> > >>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102837
> > >>>
> > >>> --- Power supply: Antec SP-500, 500 watt PSU
> > >>>      http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817103937
> > >>>
> > >>> --- Optical:  LG DVD -  R/W drive
> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------