You can buy a motherboard with integrated video and sound for under $50 US and an Intel or AMD 1 GHz CPU for under $50 US (www.newegg.com). Too bad no one is still making the baby AT motherboards for the socket 370 and socket A CPUs. You could really speed up your old AT for not a lot of money.
On 27 May 2003 at 13:45, John Oram wrote: > The VIA EPIA Nehemiah M10000 1Ghz All In One Motherboard is now at 121 > GBP or about $199 USD (1) each - this unit includes the 1GHz CPU but > only has one memory slot which can hold up to a 1GB DDR-SIMM. > > By purchasing an assembled unit you can quickly raise the price passed > the $1,000 USD plus freight from England. > > If you go out to www.pricewatch.com and input "VIA EPIA M10000" you > can find the same mobo with processor starting at $162 USD and going > as high as $185 USD. > > The reviews written about it depends on whether the author is trying > to compare it to the latest and greatest inexpensive CPUs from AMD & > Intel - which is what the PR folks at VIA want ya to believe. > > Or are you comparing it to a 850 MHz AMD/Intel P-II/III of say three > or four years ago. > > I haven't seen any reviews that said it wouldn't run Linux or > MS-Windows 98SE or MS-Windows XP operating systems. > > >From my perspective it is good fun to keep the old box and install new > innards. Then watch the folks scratch their heads when you run new > software on a 15 to 20 year old box. > > FYI: I'm re-building a old Banyan CNS 386 server with a new 2 GHz AMD > mobo innards. > > The power supply on the Banyan box melted into a smoking mess a few > years ago. Since then it has been sitting in the back of the shop as a > lonely dust catcher. After this project is done it will be fun to see > what happens when we stuff new innards into an older small box. > > John Oram > To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
