Get a load of this gorgeous creature — the Cobalt Qube 3 (released 2002, AMD K6-2+ processor at 450 MHz).

https://mulligrubs.me/photos/stjohn/image/76870274235afdada858dff544229399

https://mulligrubs.me/photos/stjohn/image/10686421755afdadd383a3e415941775

I upgraded the RAM from 64 MB to 512 MB (the maximum), and I've got a new IDE hard drive on the way for the OS. I thought it was going to be like one night's work to pop Linux on a drive and boot it up, but seriously, it has been one bloody thing after another with unsupported architectures, compiling kernels, upgrading 15 years' worth of Debian distros… It's taken me three weeks so far, but I've finally got the thing running Debian Wheezy (shut up, it's still supported) and talking to my network, though for some reason it refuses to co-operate with the PCI SATA controller card I put in the box.

Anyone else got one of these hushpuppies? I've been thinking of writing this all up in a proper blog post if anyone still cares about this hardware.