[NTLUG:Discuss] The Computer Graveyard?

[Randall Gibson]

I was about to throw away 2 486 SL computers. Includes monitor & keyboard. If you want them, lemme know ASAP, I leave for training this Sun in North Carolina. I do not know what they have as far as HD, Mem, and so on, but Free is free :)

On Fri, 08 Sep 2000 10:21:20 you wrote:
> Where would one go to find a somewhat reliable "discarded" PC, one that
> has been thrown off because it couldn't keep up in the technological
> "fast lane", but is plenty good to become a headless backup device?  Any
> suggestions?
> 
> It's high time I started doing regular backups; maybe an older box would
> be perfect; something along the lines of a 486, 25Mhz or so... 
> 
> I'm lazy and didn't feel like picking up a Computer Currents magazine
> (in fact, I think they've changed their name from that nowadays) and
> instead thought I'd summon the collective wisdom of the NTLUG list to
> point me in the direction of someplace in this metromess where I could
> score some older hardware at discount prices.  
> 
> TIA,
> 
> -- lee
> 
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