Yes, it is outdated information. Yes, it was an inexpensive mother board. The video card was even older. a Diamond Stealth 64 as I recall. That 600mhz machine works great for Win 98 for internet and general office applications. You might be surprised at the number of 600mhz/W98/Office 97 machines in service. John Ferrell 6241 Phillippi Rd Julian NC 27283 Phone: (336)685-9606 johnferrell@earthlink.net http://DixieNC.US NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW "My Competition is Not My Enemy" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nate Duehr" To: Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [OT:] Linux info > On Feb 13, 2004, at 7:37 AM, John Ferrell wrote: > > > I had a brief affair with Linux a year or so back. Here is what I > > learned: > > The Red Hat package that is available for $50 or so saves a lot of > > time. It > > will require a lot of updates from their website but that is relatively > > painless and is included in the price. > > This is outdated information. RedHat is not going to support their -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.