[K12OSN] Are Digital PC 500s kosher?

[Robert Arkiletian]

Alan A Hodson wrote:

> Hi folks
>
> Just came across a school that has a load of Digital PC 500 (Intel 
> 300) collecting dust - Try as I may, I can't get them to act as thin 
> clients, or even load Linux on the HDrive. Tried RealTech NIC cards 
> with booting Rom-O-Matic floppies to no avail. The question seems to 
> revolve around architecture - can any guru or experienced person help 
> clarify if these type of CPUs will work with Linux?
>
>

Open one of them up and physically look at the network card chip. Same 
if it's on board. You should be able to tell the NIC controller by doing 
a google on the id numbers on the chip. Then find it here

http://www.rom-o-matic.net/5.2.5/etherboot-5.2.5/src/bin/NIC


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Robert Arkiletian
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