[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Demo Day

[Stephen Klein]

If the Linux Demo Day is still on I'd gladly bring my system as a demo
(not every day I get to show off my handiwork. :)

<brag mode>
My system is a pretty good example of the multimedia capabilities of
Linux.
Just a few specifics:

Pentium MMX 233MHz
160MB RAM
Slackware 3.5 (heavily modified)
KDE 1.1.1 (all packages, plus a few)
STB Velocity 128 video board
External USR modem
SCSI ZIP drive
UMAX Astra 1200s scanner (though SANE always hangs on me after one scan)
STB TV PCI Tuner board
Creative DVD DxR3 Decoder board (no drivers for Linux though :( )
Creative DVD-ROM drive
SoundBlaster AWE 64 (gave up on wave-synth some time ago though)
Miro Surround Sound board (Dolby Pro-Logic!!!)
HP Deskjet 693C
5 satellite speakers and one subwoofer
Two 50 watt per channel amplifiers
And an Equalizer
APC Back-UPS Pro 420 (runs about 5 min, I need a bigger one)
</brag mode>

Not what you'd get out-of-the-box, but it does show what's possible. 
Now if Creative would just work up a driver for my DVD board, I could
use every bit of hardware my computer has.

Really, I don't mind hauling all of this stuff around (gotta untangle
that rat's nest of cables anyway ;).

So, if the Demo Day is a go, count me in for hardware.

Stephen


Many ancient forms of information storage are still readable today.
However, it's almost impossible to find a drive to read an 8 inch floppy
disk today.

-Stephen's things to think about, storage technology history. Ver 1.3.
<grin>