[ALUG] Re: Re: Re: Re: Ubuntu installation problem

Chris G cl at isbd.net
Wed Jun 6 11:44:19 BST 2007


On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 11:36:22AM +0100, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 10:12 +0100, Chris G wrote:
> > That's actually an AT (as opposed to
> > ATX) format box with a AMD Duron 800Mhz processor I think. 
> 
> Erm are you sure about that ?
> 
> ATX was introduced some time around 1995 and pretty much instantly took
> over from AT as I recall.
> 
> The first Duron's didn't appear until circa 2000 and used a socket that
> wasn't available on mainboards until the release of the K7 in 1999
> 
> Therefore I would be very surprised to see an AT format Mainboard than
> can support a Duron, let alone an AT format PSU that has the capacity to
> run one.
> 
It's an AMD K6 processor (pre Duron I suspect), definitely an AT box
with the power outlet for a monitor.

-- 
Chris Green



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