crimson is a Compaq DeskPro 5120, acquired from a generous former employer. It has a Pentium 120MHz processor, and the following hardware installed:

  • Quantum 1GB IDE hard drive>

  • NEC floppy drive>

  • Sony CDU77E-Q CD-ROM drive>

  • 32MB memory>

  • Cirrus Logic 5434 PCI display adapter>

  • Compaq 171FS 1024x768 monitor>

  • AMD PcNet Family Ethernet (PCI & ISA) 10MB (on motherboard)>

  • Netgear FA310TX Fast Ethernet (PCI) 10/100MB PCI card>

This machine was destined for testing the installation of Linux (Redhat 5.2).