Hey guys,

 I recently bought a 386-25 notebook computer from ebay for
 <$60.00.  My wife is going to use it for writing letters.
 This way, she doesn't have to use mine.  I also got a 286
 notebook with floppy drive, 20 Meg HDD, Printer port, serial
 port, mouse, case, etc. for $35.00.  I'll find a use for this
 one.  Anyway, computer deals abound.  Just takes a little
 looking, and actually not all that much looking.  Oh well,
 have a great weekend everyone.

                                         Regards,

                                           Jim

On Fri, 10 December 1999, William Chops Westfield wrote:

>
>     Computer:  old computer running DOS-- even old 8086 compaq
>     portable running off 2 floppies with no hard drive will actually work.
>     About 10 floppies.   Cost: $150 for new power supply.  Copy of Dos
>     Edit.com--free.
>
> $150 for a new power supply?!!!  You're kidding, right?  I mean, Today's
> paper has an ad for a NEW 400MHz K6-2 system (no memory, no drives, no
> monitor, but including sound, video, ethernet) fo $199.  You can get brand
> new computer cases WITH power supply for no more than HALF of that price.
> There are quite a LOT of used 386sx and 486 "all-in-one" type machines on
> the market these days, complete with small hard drive, in the "less than
> $50" range.  (The most tempting deal I saw recently was for some old MACs.
> $20 for a Mac LC3 (68030 based), and $5 for small B&W mac monitor.
> http://www.refurbmadness.com/ (unfortunately, unless you have one of these
> places locally (and you might), postage can up the price a lot.)  A MAC
> isn't a good choice for PIC programming, though.)
>
> BillW

jim@jpes.com