MicroCenter Systems

[Seth Dimbert]

MicroCenter is selling OS'less systems for $99. The package includes a
monitor and PC, spec'ed at:

 - Pentium 100mhz
 - 35mb RAM
 - 1.7gb HDD
 - FDD
 - No CD-ROM
 - NIC

Assuming I have a CD-ROM drive, can this system run a modern distro of
Linux? I'm looking for either:

A) a home/office machine with StarOffice and a GUI, or
B) a command-line-only httpd/ftp server with all the bells and whistles
(php, mySQL, Perl, etc).

These machines worth $100?

-SD