February 05, 2004
Moore finds a Computer Of Wickedness!
Sharon and I dropped by Mr. Forringer to return some keys to the labs, and I noticed, sitting upon his desk, the most beautiful thing (not comparable to the most beautiful person) I have ever seen.
There sat a small black box, scarcely more than a foot long, with gleaming black sides and bright blinking lights. I knew it on sight, a Shuttle case and motherboard.
I could hardly contain myself. I quickly extracted the specs from its lucky owner:
64 bit AMD (3200?)
nForce3 motherboard
Radeon 9600 with all Inputs and Outputs
Serial ATA hard-drive
DVD+/-RW
And most importantly...
Running 64 bit Linux kernel!
He also dual-boots XP, running in compatibilty mode...
Sadly there are as yet no 64 bit drivers for his video or hard-drive for any OS, so he's waiting to put them in. They sat on the floor, tempting me to snatch them and run.
As I reluctantly left the room, I pondered the massive computing power I had witnessed. Feeling blessed and happy, I returned to my room to share the good news.
See the specs here
The Image of the Beauty!
I forgot to mention the DVD+/-RW, now added.
Posted by Moore at February 5, 2004 11:03 AM