Do you mean Compaq Works? Jim -----Original Message----- From: Brian Kraut To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Date: Monday, December 27, 1999 10:12 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Old Computers >We used to get a lot of refurbished laptops cheap at work. Try Compact Works. >Also, www.sharplaptop.com. You can also search refurbished laptops on Yahoo. I >agree that a hamfest is the best place. I just got a pentium 100 with 32 megs of >ram, 800 meg HD and monitor for $75.00. They had 6 tables full of them. No, I >don't have a name or adress. > >Sean Breheny wrote: > >> Hi Andy, >> >> You work without a monitor?! >> >> Are you saying that I am setting too low a goal price? Well, I though I had >> heard of people getting machines like this for this price range. I'm pretty >> sure it could be done at a hamfest or computer show with a good number of >> used vendors. Unfortunately, I don't know of any nearby the near future. >> >> As a matter of fact, it wouldn't matter much if it didn't have a hard >> drive, I'm pretty sure his problems are not hard drive related,so we could >> just reuse his drive. SO, I am just looking for case/ps, MB, CPU, and 16 to >> 32 MB ram. >> >> Sean >> >> At 01:35 PM 12/27/99 -0500, you wrote: >> >>talking about,say, 166MHz Pentiums, etc. with no monitor, but which include >> >>ram and possibly hard drive? I'm looking to spend in the ballpark of $100. >> > >> >Sean, that sounds like my current desktop machine! >> > >> >Andy >> > >> >================================================================== >> > New Microprocessor support forum mail list - details on our site >> >------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >andy@rc-hydros.com http://www.rc-hydros.com - Race Boats >> >andy@montanadesign.com http://www.montanadesign.com - Electronics >> >================================================================== >> > >> | >> | Sean Breheny >> | Amateur Radio Callsign: KA3YXM >> | Electrical Engineering Student >> \--------------=---------------- >> Save lives, please look at http://www.all.org >> Personal page: http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/shb7 >> mailto:shb7@cornell.edu ICQ #: 3329174 >> __________________________________________ >> NetZero - Defenders of the Free World >> Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at >> http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html >