Re: EMC up and running

Boy you got a good deal. The prices I've seen for a 90 Mhz pc a monitor a
keyboard a mouse and a 1 gig hard dive have been running about $300 surplus
But it did have a 17" monitor. And I live up here in software valley.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Bachman <bobach@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC up and running

>From: Robert Bachman <bobach@...>
>
>I picked up a AST Pentium 100 yeterday for $75. 24mb mem .5gb hd. All
>the io stuff built-in. Changed the hd to a 1gb, added mouse and monitor,
>and installed Linux/RT/EMC. It seems to work fine. Got xwindows to run
>the first try. I guess after installing lnx/rt/emc on three boxes I'm
>getting the hang of it. EMC runs ok, will see how it acts when hooked
>to the control with only 24mb of mem. The AST has only 6 memory slots -
>can't add the other 8mb of mem without buying all new memory.
>
>I did of course have to modify the Lilo config and emc files for the
>lower amount of memory.
>
>Bob
>
>
>>surplus PC and load linux and all the software. The pc would be equipped
>>with a keyboard,a mouse a 17" sony monitor, a 75-90 Mhz Pentium CPU with a
>>1gig HD a floppy and 32mb of Ram
>>I think I can pick up a pallet load of these systems for a reasonable

price.

>>The biggest problem I see would be packing them for shipment.
>>If there is enough interest I may take this task on. I also will see if

it

>>may be better to just buy new stuff and assemble a batch of systems. If
>>interested send me some email.
>>Dan
>>
>
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