My machine died two days before I hit the road.

[Stephen Partington]

Something to consider is you can get a decent SSD for another 60 or so and
that machine will run like a champ. The only weirdness you may have is for
multiple displays.
On Aug 2, 2015 9:48 AM, "Steve Litt" <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:

> 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
> > > >>> ---------------------------------------------------
>
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