Almost all MBs has what you would call an FDD controller. I think it has been rename. The FDD controller also controlls the HD and the CD drive.
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > > > --- In [email protected], "ka5lqj" <ka5.lqj@...> wrote: > > > > Hi! > > I'm new to the group. I'm 65 years old, medically retired and have brain > problems in remembering or understanding what is verbally said > > or written. I'm not looking for pity, just help with Linux. Here's the > deal: > > > > I'm looking to build a Linux computer from scratch. I have an old Asus > P-5 board with dual core(?) and 2 GHz of RAM. I want to put something ham > radio related, like Kbuntu. It has programs on it for digital and control > operations for my Icom 706 MarkII-G transceiver. If any of you are ham > operators give me a "shout" at my email address at: > > > > KA5(dot)LQJ(@)gmail(dot)com. > > > > Now, I'd like to put the board and all the other goodies CD > recorder/player, DVD player/recorder, 5�" floppy, 3�" floppy and space > for two, 500 Gig hard drives in a full tower case with at > > > least a 500 watt power supply, 800 watts would be better. For now, > > I'll stick with the on-board audio and video. > > > > I'd LIKE to put M$ DOS 6.22 on the 2nd hard drive and Kbuntu on the 1st. > I have an old DOS database program that I dearly love, "File Express 5.1" > and it does everything I need, except print in "landscape" (sideways), LOL! > So, I'll use it and never print-out the information, he,he,he. > > > > I have some spreadsheets in WIN XP HOME, but that O/S is riddled with > security "holes", so I won't be using it on the new computer. I have an old > Dell Dimension 2400 for that. > > > > I don't have copious wads of money, so I need to get by with just > 'quality', not cheap or expensive parts. I'm not sure how many fans > > I'll need but enough to keep the chassis cool. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Thank you for your time in reading my rattling on. > > > > GOD BLESS, > > Best Regard, > > Brother Don/ MD2AU368 > > > > "Joyeaux No�l!" <== Merry Christmas in Acadian(Cajun)French > > > > The system I built last year was a bit more modest than the one you are > planning on making. > > http://i.imgur.com/LkRIS.jpg > > I never did get the onboard audio to work. I ended up tossing in an old > SoundBlaster card I had lying around. > > I'm happy with how it works. > > > http://global.phoronix-test-suite.com/index.php?k=profile&u=anon-22625-10502-30022 > > > http://global.phoronix-test-suite.com/index.php?k=profile&u=anon-1526-884-7682 > > > http://global.phoronix-test-suite.com/index.php?k=profile&u=anon-29360-25658-12884 > > If your needs are as modest as you say they are then I believe even my i3 > HTPC (Home Theater PC) system could handle them. Like Joan said run DOS on > a Trash Bin PC. (TBPC) DOS would struggle with new hardware. Let your TBPC > read all your old floppies too, then just transfer the data to your new PC, > maybe write it all onto a DVD disc. I don't think my system board even has > a floppy controller on it. Trying to find a new motherboard with an FDD > controller on it would limit your selection dramatically. > > The TBPC I'm on now: > > http://i.imgur.com/po5vC.jpg > > Found at the dumps. > > Here is another TBPC. I asked the lady running her garage sale what's up > with that pile over there? She told me, oh, that is garbage, so I pulled > this system out of it: > > http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/2250/wedoct27bootchart.png > > I never saw someone happier than she looked as I lugged it down her > driveway to my car. It'd run DOS. Has a FDD in it too. Both of my TBPCs do. > > So save an old clunker from the e-Trash pile. I think you could scale back > your mega-machine a bit too. > > I went to a CQ fest here once but the hams I met were a bit too strange > for me. I'm into electronics, just never much for radio though. > > http://www.instructables.com/id/Pauls-Electronics-Pit/ (in the top right > corner of my cover picture you can see the bottom of my second TBPC my P3) > > http://www.instructables.com/id/TB6560-Microstepping-Bipolar-Chopper-Stepper-Motor/ > http://www.instructables.com/id/Parallel-Port-Break-Out-Board-BOB/ > http://www.instructables.com/id/300-Watt-Linear-Power-Supply/ > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
