Re: [Hampshire] [OT] disposal of ancient PC

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Author: Peter Salisbury
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] disposal of ancient PC
On Tuesday 12 December 2006 09:07, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> On 12/12/06, Peter Salisbury <peterthevicar@???>

wrote:
> > Hi, I've got a friend who wants to get rid of an ancient desktop
> > PC - Win98 installed (easily fixed!). What's the best thing for
> > her to do?
> >
> > TIA, Peter
>
> If it has PCI slots and can netboot, I could use it.
> I do kernel development for ALSA sound cards, and the more PCI
> slots I have the better, so I don't have to keep swapping out cards
> when someone posts a bug report.
>
> James


Thanmks James. I don't suppose she'd be up to telling us if it would
netboot - probably not a normal requirement for a family PC! Would
you like it anyway?

Peter