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From: "Michael C. Newell" <mnewell@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov>
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On Thu, 17 Aug 1995, Don's FList drop wrote:

> Or find a used 386 motherboard on the net for <$70! (Then you get to run 
> FreeBSD, _must_ be a better solution. <grin>) I've bought butt-slow 
> 386s that would allow me to use older memory from my 286s...

I go to a lot of computer shows and HAM fests (amateur radio operator swap 
meets); you can get TONS of great deals on stuff.  I recently bought 3 
WD8013E ethernet cards out of a box of junk for $1/ea.  I figured one 
would be good.  All three were... :-)  I've also bought motherboards 
pretty cheap - like $15 for a 386sx16 - (barely) adequate to run FBSD as a 
router; and $40 for a 486sx new in the box.  'course you get what you pay 
for - used equipment isn't guaranteed to work!!  :-)

Check out "http://www.acs.oakland.edu/barc/arrl/hamfests.html" for the 
list of ARRL sponsored ham fests.

Thanks,

Mike

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