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Turn Your New Opteron Into A One-Game Console

Posted by timothy on from the as-if-you-have-an-opteron dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new 64-bit Linux CD can instantly turn an AMD Opteron-equipped PC into the ultimate gaming console, according to Super Computer Inc. (SCI). The company has created a distribution of the popular America's Army multi-player strategy game on a bootable Linux CD, that it says was developed in partnership with AMD, nVidia, and the US Army."

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  1. Turn your $2000 PC into a $150 Toy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where do I sign up?

    Maybe they can release instructions on how to dissemble my car and build a go cart out of the parts.

  2. How far we've come... by 3Suns · · Score: 5, Funny

    How far we've come since the days of Apple IIe and Commodore64 and Kaypro. With all this new technology, it's interesting to see the return of the "Application Diskette".

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    -3Suns

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