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["Alejandro Lieber" <dos AT lieber.com.ar>]

Interesting....

This computer is a 20Mhz 80286, 17 years old, using a microprosesor 
designed 25 years ago.

The board is a M209.
Last week I saw the same board at EBay going for U$ 190.00

Alejandro Lieber
Rosario  Argentina



On 14 Jan 07 at 5:43, sindi keesan wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Jan 2007, Greg Mayman wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:26:36 +0000 (UTC), sindi keesan wrote:
> >
> >> Which makes your $57 version of Running Linux about US$45.  I could buy
> >> two 700MHz computers with 256MB RAM and PC-Linux in 6GB from a local 
> >> store
> >> for $50.  They have had them for a year, no buyers.  Circa 2000.
> >
> > That's very nice for you, Sindi!
> >
> > I can't get bargains like that here. So there's no point in crowing
> > about it.
> 
> Was I crowing?  I thought I was commenting on the fact that a good recent 
> used computer book costs more than a good used computer.  I used to 
> volunteer some place that was asking $50 for a used IBM PS/2 386 that cost 
> $5000 new even without any hard drives.  A year later we were giving them 
> away to people who wanted four to hold up the corners of their beds.
> 
> What is the going price on a 7 year old 500Mhz computer where you live? 
> In my college town people are throwing them out.  Steven has now provided 
> a P2 kernel for BL3 and people are giving us P3's.  Our newest working 
> computer is only 6 years old.
 

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Ing. Alejandro Lieber  
Rosario     Argentina
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