I am on the bludge for a pci video card and an agp video
card.
They do not have to be very upmarket I just want to get away
from the shared memory on two of my old computers that I
will ultimately be giving away 
Regards  John


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> on that note, i have alot of old kit (i dont know if this
> is the right place to say so, if not someone tell me
> where) sort of pentium 1ish some newer some older, more
> keyboards then you can shake a stick at (over every
> flavour, mostly ps2) and a hord of jsut other general junk
> , i am happy to give it away to anyone who wants it,
> either as a whole big pile, or piece meal if there is
> something specific you are hunting for, all tallied up
> there is easy a big van full.. (i mean hord) so, if anyone
> out there is keen, let me know, also if you contact me i
> can give you a better idea what is there
> 
> Cheers
> 
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Darryn Brooking
> <gible(a)gible.net> wrote:
> 
> > EDay = BAD.
> > This is the 3rd? time since that I could have passed on
> something I tossed. >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Daniel Lawson
> <daniel(a)meta.net.nz>wrote: >
> >> Glenn Stuart Morrissey wrote:
> >> > Hey Daniel
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for the great advise on ic/ppp settings. I had
> my old win 98 >> > machine that I do my maths work on and
> it had a modem, so i thought id >> > give it a bash with
> your instructions in your emails. I had to consult a >> >
> website http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/ics98, turns
> out that I had >> > to install netBEUI and install ICS
> from the win 98 add new programs >> > menu, but once that
> was done, my linux acer and my linux dell both had >> >
> good connections. I had to remove the static IP address in
> my Vista >> > machines network card settings, but once i
> had, it connected too. >> > So thank you for all your help
> , and to the other members of WLUG who >> > helped me out.
> >> >
> >>
> >> That's ok.
> >>
> >> As a suggestion for a future project, you could install
> linux on an >> older computer (probably best to not
> install X, and you might take it as >> a chance to try a
> different distribution), and set it up as a router and >>
> firewall.  Some of the "magic" has gone from this these
> days, as there >> are plenty of distributions that are
> oriented towards doing this. >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > Now I have to find an old PCMCIA network card for my
> old Dell 133 >> > Laptop, or a serial network connection
> if there is such a thing >>
> >> $20 on trademe will get you a pcmcia 10/100 ethernet
> card. Be careful of >> what you get, a lot of them need a
> small custom cable (commonly called a >> dongle) that
> connects to the card and provides a physical RJ45 port,
> and >> these can either be missing completely, or damaged
> - so get a card that >> has a built-in rj45 port
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