Subj : distro
To   : Nightfox
From : KK4QBN
Date : Wed Dec 20 2017 07:26:17

  Re: distro
  By: Nightfox to KK4QBN on Tue Dec 19 2017 22:52:39

 KK>> machines.. well theyre all old by todays standards, but this tower
 KK>> has a sticker on it that says "optimized for AOL" i've put 2 more
 KK>> hdd in it and 

 Ni> I remember when PC cases had a square indentation on them where you (or a
 Ni> PC builder) could put a case sticker. Not sure if the "optimized for AOL"
 Ni> is one of those square ones though? I somewhat miss those case stickers..
 Ni> It was a way to sort of "brand" your PC or show your use of Intel/AMD CPU
 Ni> or Nvidia/ATI grpahics card, etc.. One time, I saw a seller on eBay
 Ni> selling some custom PC case stickers with the Intel or AMD logo (available
 Ni> with both) with "Fast As F*ck" written below the logo.

lol, it's actually an oval indentation on the case where the sticker has been
placed. trutfully, I've seen my share of dell optiplex and other dell models
over the year, and I could just about bet this was built by dell or whoever
built dells computers at the time and just slapped a generic brand on it...
it's been a damn good computer, and I believe the lightening strike helped to
make it "fast as f*ck" :-) for what it is.. I have an old gaming computer I'm
still stripping out that had the magic smoke released somewhere on it too, so
I'm pretty much building a franken computer :)

I want to get it good enouhg to put Miint or Debian on it without any lag (with
a BBS running) because with my current setup my BBS runs of a dell laptop, I
keep a secondary monitor plugged in and the display shut off on the laptp, and
also have a cooling fan under it. i'ts been running close to a year like this
without getting the least bit got.. every once in a while you'll hear the
thermostat kick teh CPU fan on.

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Tim Smith (KK4QBN)
KK4QBN BBS

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