Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Cheap pc sources wanted

r_fl_z@... wrote:

> Greetings to the group:
>
> My quest for old 486 or pentium machines to support an EMC
> implementation and various other projects continues.
>
> Does anyone have a source for these jewels in the rough? I do have
> Boeing surplus available, but I'd think I can beat their $80-100
> price. I've also checked out the local Salvation Army type places,
> but they won't allow one to look inside the box, which makes them
> overpriced at $10 each. :)

Forget the 486 - there are memory architecture differences that make it
a mess (or worse) to try to run EMC on a 486.

I got a 100 MHz Pentium classic motherboard with CPU, heatsink, fan,
and 16 MB of memory for about $25 on eBay! There are plenty of
people selling these machines at about this sort of price. I put the
MB, etc. into an old 486 cabinet I had.

Jon