[ale] Computers for sale with Linux installed.

[Jeff Hubbs]

But if you do that, bring along a tomsrtbt floppy to check for the buggy
CMD640 and RZ1000 IDE controller chips in the Pentium classics.  About a
third of all machines made in that era have them and are to be avoided. 
Also know that for machines of that age, you may have to replace CMOS
batteries; that's a slightly expensive proposition if it's the Dallas
real-time-clocks with the battery built in.

- Jeff

On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 04:26, David S. Jackson wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 09:35:35PM -0500 James P. Kinney III <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:
> > I saw a post for a bunch of older PC' running linux. There are not the
> > greatest hardware on the planet, but at $150-$180, they make OK
> > firewalls, cheap demo PC's, linux box for granny new linux box for the
> > kids.
> 
> Micro Center right now has a bunch of PIIs, some PIIIs, Celerons, and
> even some old P100's and such for anywhere from $20-200.  Lots of boxes,
> decent condition.  We're talking stacks of them from floor to ceiling.
> If you're looking for cheap hardware for servers around the house, you
> might find something there....
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> David S. Jackson                        dsj at dsj.net
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Thank goodness modern convenience is a thing of the
> remote future.
> 		-- Pogo, by Walt Kelly


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