Oleg
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Birmingham, AL |  Rebuilding old computer parts
I just wonder if it was worth paying $34 for an old PIII mobo with PIII 933MHz CPU and 256MB of RAM. |
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eX_NihiLo
Here's Your Something For Nothing
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Louisville, CO | What are you going to do with it? If you need to build something like a file server maybe. I wouldn't buy for building a primary system with it as it would choke on displaying multimedia. I've seen old systems like that for free on Craigslist. |
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Oleg
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| said by eX_NihiLo  :What are you going to do with it? If you need to build something like a file server maybe. I wouldn't buy for building a primary system with it as it would choke on displaying multimedia. I've seen old systems like that for free on Craigslist. I am using it as FTP server now. |
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MJimLay
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I would, but that's just me. I am still holding on to my first computer (180 Mhz, 16MB Ram, 1.6GB HDD) and I also hold on to another oldie (PIII 450 Mhz, 256 MB Ram, 40 GB) for Windows 98/DOS use.
Hell... I have an external 9600 BPS modem and a 28.8k modem laying around that I still use from time to time.
I still wanna find an old Apple II system and a 486 system, but both seem to be very hard items to find. |
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RevMortis
I Hear Dead Silicon
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Saint Paul, MN | I think I still have a 486 DX100 w/mobo and memory and VESA GPU laying around. Case too, but it's heavy. PM me and you can have it for Shipping.
Still worked the last time I had it plugged in. |
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Oleg
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| said by RevMortis :I think I still have a 486 DX100 w/mobo and memory and VESA GPU laying around. Case too, but it's heavy. PM me and you can have it for Shipping. Still worked the last time I had it plugged in. Ah not worth it for 486 CPU. |
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RevMortis
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Saint Paul, MN | Shucks. Hoping to get rid of the clutter for free... 
I will say that the DX 100 was a pretty rare chip back in the day.. IIRC, I had maxed out the memory. |
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Oleg
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| said by RevMortis :Shucks. Hoping to get rid of the clutter for free... I will say that the DX 100 was a pretty rare chip back in the day.. IIRC, I had maxed out the memory. I have upgraded my 486SX to 486DX back in 1997 or 1998  |
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poppster
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said by Oleg :I just wonder if it was worth paying $34 for an old PIII mobo with PIII 933MHz CPU and 256MB of RAM. yea, turn it into a linux box. |
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RevMortis
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| said by poppster :said by Oleg :I just wonder if it was worth paying $34 for an old PIII mobo with PIII 933MHz CPU and 256MB of RAM. yea, turn it into a linux box. My thought too.
3 quick applications jump to mind: a MythTV(PVR) Distro, Server(FTP, Web, NAS, DNS, etc), and a M0n0wall Firewall. |
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