[K12OSN] advice on surplus hardware

Robert Arkiletian robark at gmail.com
Thu Jul 28 23:23:57 UTC 2005


On 7/28/05, Ben Nickell <twinprism at athena.physics.isu.edu> wrote:
> Here are the specs.
> 
> AT power supply
> P1 200 MMX processors
> 96mb of RAM in (6) 72pin SIMMS
> 3com 905-TX rev B 10/100 network cards with bootrom slot
> (Don't think it will  PXE boot though, doesn't it have to be Rev C to
> PXE boot?)
> ATI 3d Rage II+ DVD video cards, video ram unknown.
> 
> Does anyone have experience with this hardware?

It should be PERFECT for thin clients.

> 
> To netboot those network cards, is the easiest way to purchase bootroms?

Probably or just use boot floppy or an old tiny HD.

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Robert Arkiletian
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