On 08/02/2008, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello again. > > In my search for low-MHz machines, at least on eBay, I find lots of old > Compaq Proliants (all around the $300 mark by the way). E.g: > > 4500R: P-133, 1 GB ram, no drives, $249.
Ok, so I've been thinking... I do happen to have machines of that vintage. Desktops, not servers. In my efforts to get some amount of computing power w/o money, I have accumulated (by accretion) a number of machines that are scattered all over my flat and I don't even know their precise specs out of the top of my head, but I have used them in various ways. However, I'm currently based in Germany, so even if there was something here that you liked, it would probably only make sense if you had the time to wait for SLOOOOWWW ground shipping. And I would only really want to pass my machines on if at least your intent is to actually use them (which seems to be the case). This IT orphanage looks for adoption parents, not for pimps and hustlers. ;-) I have the following machines: 1. For the sake of completeness, my fastest machine is a Celeron 2.8 GHz, 2GB RAM, which you probably don't want and I probably don't want to sell. 2. Then I have an MSI mainboard thing, 2 GHz, 512 MB RAM if I recall correctly, but that's probably too fast for you still. 3. Then I have an SiS 630 mainboard contraption, 1 GHz IIRC, which is prolly *still* too fast for you. 4. My next machine is an Acer Pentium (Pro?) w/ approx. 166 or 133 MHz that used to run Windows 98 and Linux. Now we're getting somewhere. 5. Then I have an old HP Vectra Pentium (Pro?) w/ 133 MHz (IIRC) that used to dualboot Windows and OpenBSD 3.6 if memory serves. This has the probably best shielded case, but it's also got no PCI (ISA only) and is heavy and while the case is well-built, it's somewhat quirkily laid-out, non-ATX (you need to buy a DIN to PS/2 keyboard converter) and it's somewhat on the heavy side. 6. Then I have a 486 DX something (probably 100MHz?), but I'm not quite sure if I want to sell that one. 7. My last computer is an Apple PowerBook 145B, which sometimes works as a serial console. You probably do not want this. Maybe (4) or (5) might suit you. My expectations in terms of money would not be too high for these. Definitely nowhere near 300 USD, though shipping fees may bite. It also depend on whether you want complete PCs and what peripherals you want in them. The HDDs I have are all IDE and mostly pitifully small however. Contact me if you're interested. (Maybe off-list is better?) Thanks and regards, --ropers (Jens Ropers)
