That system should go to the dumpster or the firing range :-)<br><br>For the cost of a battery replacement and a new hard drive you can get a refurbed laptop that is less than 10 years old.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Damon L. Chesser <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:damon@damtek.com">damon@damtek.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 21:12 -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote:<br>
> Sister-in-law has a compaq Presario 1675. Anybody know of a *nix that<br>
> will install a gui onto this old box? Lubuntu and F15 both will not<br>
> (Kernel does not support the hardware from boot up).<br>
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</div>I have decided not to play with it. It would serve my or my<br>
Sister-in-law any useful purpose.<br>
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So, I do happen to have in my possession a Compaq Preserio that is up<br>
for grabs for anybody who wants to come to Kennesaw or perhaps the<br>
Suntrust Plaza building during the week day.<br>
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Damon<br>
<a href="mailto:damon@damtek.com">damon@damtek.com</a><br>
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