Re: Cheap pc sources wanted

Jon:

I need the 486s for other projects...not EMC.

Ron

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, Jon Elson <jmelson@a...> wrote:
>
>
> r_fl_z@h... 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