Have you ever seen ads from the laptop depot? They sell cheap refurbished units, thier ads are constantly in the Calgary Sun. They would likely have what you need.
----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Ledderhof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, May 24, 2004 3:52 am Subject: [clug-talk] Looking for laptop > Hey all. If anyone has a laptop they're looking to sell, I'm > looking for > one. The theme is "basic and cheap", as my main purpose is to use > it as > a notepad on trips out of town, etc. As such, I want something > cheap > and simple that I don't have to worry about losing, having stolen, > etc. > I'll use an encrypted filesystem to protect my work. > > Given the above considerations, I'm looking to spend $200-300 > (don't > laugh!) on something as basic as a PII/266. The whole point is > that if > it goes missing, it's no big loss - it's mainly being used as a > portable > word processor. > > "Would be nice" items are USB and external IDE interface so I can > use it > to run my HP 8200i CD-RW, now that my DVD-RW has made it obsolete > for > the desktop. That means a P133 minimum. > > Please contact me off list or ring me at 608.0318 during the day. > I'm > going out of town again in the late afternoon, and it would be nice > to > take it with. ;c) (I can tinker with it when I get back! For > now, > it just needs to be in running condition. LOL) > > Cheers, > > Frank > > -- > If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, > chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages > prince's palaces. > PORTIA, to Nerissa, _The Merchant of Venice_, I, ii > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
