Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 12:54:32 -0800 From: Slim <jallen@aviating.com> To: lute@willinet.net Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need a box, and your experience. Message-ID: <3ABBB808.95A519F0@aviating.com> References: <v04003a09b6e1292dea52@[192.168.1.100]> <20010323113758.A13486@willinet.net>
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And the beauty of it is that these 'old, slow' boxes that are 'worthless' because they won't run w98 etc. run just fine on FreeBSD/Linux/Unix systems, right? Jim Allen Lute Mullenix wrote: > > > Well, you may or may not believe this, but it just so happens that I have > FreeBSD 4.1.1 installed on a 486/66 with 20MB of ram and a 1.5GB drive, CD > and ethernet card. Only installed it a few days ago, had Linux on it up till > then. Now are you ready for this? My brother and I found it sitting outside > the county hwy dept shop. They were throwing it away, so I got it for $0.00. > Went to Walmart and picked up a $15.00 keyboard and a $9.00 mouse, my bro > tossed in an old SVGA monitor that had been collecting dust for a couple of > years. So for $24 plus tax, license, dealer prep, and options I had my > Linux/FreeBSD machine. > > I mention this because since then I have come across a couple of other guys > that have gotten similar deals with low end (75/90) Pentium machines from > office and university upgrades. Since they are basicly worth nothing, and it > costs money to dispose of them, they just give they to whoever wants them. > Another option might be state or school actions. The state prison in South > Dakota just upgraded all their system, and all the old stuff went to state > auction, heard there were complete systems going for as little as $25. Wish > I had known about it. So keep your eyes and ears open, you may come out > better than you thought you could. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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