[Imc-tech] new computers

[michael dean brunelle]

Well, they're not new, nor or they very fast, but I picked up 4 machines
from Prairienet today and dropped them off at the IMC this afternoon.
They're as fast as 75mhz, with up to 40 MB of ram (most have 16, though).
Might be good for something, though.  No CDROMs, though.

-Mike

On Thu, 3 May 2001, Paul Riismandel wrote:

> Is a K6-2 500 modern enough?  I'm all for going with a K6, just wonder if
> perhaps a Celery or a PIII is better long-term bet.
>
> For comparison's sake, refurbed computers of this type:Gateway Pentium III
> 866MHz 128MB RAM 20GB HD
> 16MB Video/40X CD/56K modem/Windows ME
> are closing out at  about $450 on Ubid.com right now.
>
> $350 gets you: Hewlett Packard e-Vectra Pentium III 733MHz 128MB RAM
> 8.4GB HD/24X CD-ROM/Windows 2000
>
> And on the low end, less than $200 nets you: Dell PowerEdge 2200 Pentium II
> 233MHz 128MB
> 8.0GB HD/24x CD/No Operating System
>
>
> Now, these machines are a little hit and miss, since you can't control the
> components, whereas if we build machines ourselves we could have a bunch of
> identical machines, with identical Linux builds, easy to fix and swap out
> parts, which is much harder to do with mainstream pre-built machines.
>
> Thoughts anyone?
>
> --Paul
>
>
>
> At 02:23 PM 5/3/01 -0500, Zachary C.Miller wrote:
> >If we were to build a cheap computer from completely new parts the
> >breakdown would be something like this:
> >
> >(these numbers are from a brief skimming of mwave.com. I didn't do any
> >research on compatibility or capability of these parts, just found the
> >cheapest prices I could)
> >
> >This is the basic system:
> >
> >case and PS: $40
> >amd k6-2 w/ MB and 64MB RAM: $128
> >20GB harddrive: $80
> >nic: $20
> >floppy drive: $13
> >video card: $50
> >
> >total: $330
> >
> >I think we could bring down the price of that 20GB harddrive by
> >shopping around for smaller ones. I also think we could shop around
> >and get cheaper video cards.
> >
> >We don't really have to buy these things for every unit because we've
> >got plenty of keyboards and mice already and not all machines need
> >sound cards.
> >
> >keyboard: $8
> >mouse: $8
> >sound card: $12
> >
> >--
> >Zachary C. Miller - @= - http://wolfgang.groogroo.com/
> >IMSA 1995 - UIUC 2000 - Just Another Leftist Muppet - Ya Basta!
> >  Social Justice, Community, Nonviolence, Decentralization, Feminism,
> >  Sustainability, Responsibility, Diversity, Democracy, Ecology
> >
> >
> >
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