Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Build from "scratch", LOL

Almost all MBs has what you would call an FDD controller. I think it has
been rename. The FDD controller
also controlls the HD and the CD drive.

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Paul <pfrederick1@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "ka5lqj" <ka5.lqj@...> wrote:
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> > Hi!
> > I'm new to the group. I'm 65 years old, medically retired and have brain
> problems in remembering or understanding what is verbally said
> > or written. I'm not looking for pity, just help with Linux. Here's the
> deal:
> >
> > I'm looking to build a Linux computer from scratch. I have an old Asus
> P-5 board with dual core(?) and 2 GHz of RAM. I want to put something ham
> radio related, like Kbuntu. It has programs on it for digital and control
> operations for my Icom 706 MarkII-G transceiver. If any of you are ham
> operators give me a "shout" at my email address at:
> >
> > KA5(dot)LQJ(@)gmail(dot)com.
> >
> > Now, I'd like to put the board and all the other goodies CD
> recorder/player, DVD player/recorder, 5�" floppy, 3�" floppy and space
> for two, 500 Gig hard drives in a full tower case with at
>
> > least a 500 watt power supply, 800 watts would be better. For now,
> > I'll stick with the on-board audio and video.
> >
> > I'd LIKE to put M$ DOS 6.22 on the 2nd hard drive and Kbuntu on the 1st.
> I have an old DOS database program that I dearly love, "File Express 5.1"
> and it does everything I need, except print in "landscape" (sideways), LOL!
> So, I'll use it and never print-out the information, he,he,he.
> >
> > I have some spreadsheets in WIN XP HOME, but that O/S is riddled with
> security "holes", so I won't be using it on the new computer. I have an old
> Dell Dimension 2400 for that.
> >
> > I don't have copious wads of money, so I need to get by with just
> 'quality', not cheap or expensive parts. I'm not sure how many fans
> > I'll need but enough to keep the chassis cool.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thank you for your time in reading my rattling on.
> >
> > GOD BLESS,
> > Best Regard,
> > Brother Don/ MD2AU368
> >
> > "Joyeaux No�l!" <== Merry Christmas in Acadian(Cajun)French
> >
>
> The system I built last year was a bit more modest than the one you are
> planning on making.
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> http://i.imgur.com/LkRIS.jpg
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> I never did get the onboard audio to work. I ended up tossing in an old
> SoundBlaster card I had lying around.
>
> I'm happy with how it works.
>
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> http://global.phoronix-test-suite.com/index.php?k=profile&u=anon-22625-10502-30022
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> http://global.phoronix-test-suite.com/index.php?k=profile&u=anon-1526-884-7682
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> http://global.phoronix-test-suite.com/index.php?k=profile&u=anon-29360-25658-12884
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> If your needs are as modest as you say they are then I believe even my i3
> HTPC (Home Theater PC) system could handle them. Like Joan said run DOS on
> a Trash Bin PC. (TBPC) DOS would struggle with new hardware. Let your TBPC
> read all your old floppies too, then just transfer the data to your new PC,
> maybe write it all onto a DVD disc. I don't think my system board even has
> a floppy controller on it. Trying to find a new motherboard with an FDD
> controller on it would limit your selection dramatically.
>
> The TBPC I'm on now:
>
> http://i.imgur.com/po5vC.jpg
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> Found at the dumps.
>
> Here is another TBPC. I asked the lady running her garage sale what's up
> with that pile over there? She told me, oh, that is garbage, so I pulled
> this system out of it:
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> http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/2250/wedoct27bootchart.png
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> I never saw someone happier than she looked as I lugged it down her
> driveway to my car. It'd run DOS. Has a FDD in it too. Both of my TBPCs do.
>
> So save an old clunker from the e-Trash pile. I think you could scale back
> your mega-machine a bit too.
>
> I went to a CQ fest here once but the hams I met were a bit too strange
> for me. I'm into electronics, just never much for radio though.
>
> http://www.instructables.com/id/Pauls-Electronics-Pit/ (in the top right
> corner of my cover picture you can see the bottom of my second TBPC my P3)
>
> http://www.instructables.com/id/TB6560-Microstepping-Bipolar-Chopper-Stepper-Motor/
> http://www.instructables.com/id/Parallel-Port-Break-Out-Board-BOB/
> http://www.instructables.com/id/300-Watt-Linear-Power-Supply/
>
>
>

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