[K12OSN] Dell GX1 PII 400mhz Small Form Computer PC

["Terrell Prudé, Jr."]

Les Mikesell wrote:

>On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 18:17, Steve Hargadon wrote:
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>>I could be wrong, but I don't know that I've ever seen a small form
>>factor GX1--I think at about that time there was another small form
>>factor model for the Optiplexes, but there weren't many bouncing
>>around the used market.  It's more likely a low-profile unit?
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>I think there were at least 3 form factors for the GX1's.  A
>full height desktop, a low profile desktop (still pretty
>big) and a tower.  All hefty, nearly bulletproof boxes.
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>>With the GX1, my experience is that some had onboard 3com nics, some
>>had added pci cards (typically 3c905b-tx).  If it has the onboard nic,
>>typically will pxe boot.
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>Older boxes will probably need a flash update to pxe boot.
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That's true.  I ran into that during one of my demos.  A quick BIOS 
update fixed the issue.  Once flashed, though, they make great 
terminals.  So do HP Vectras, BTW, though these often have enough CPU 
and DRAM oomph to be good thick clients as well.

--TP
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