[aclug-L] Re: Cheap 486's

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I doubt it.  The Gateway 486's I've seen all have proprietary
cases/motherobards.  I'm assuming video, serial, etc, are all onboard.


On Fri, Jan 14, 2000 at 04:11:27PM -0600, phrostie wrote:
> Are these standard cases?
> i have a few boards that need a home :-)
> 
> Jonathan Hall wrote:
> > 
> > I have the opporitunity to get some cheap 486's... thought it might be
> > useful for the ACLUG coop cluster, or for some other people wanting to put
> > together a low-end Linux box:
> > 
> > About 150-160 available:
> > 
> > Gateway 486SX/33's (some 25's)
> > 8mb RAM (two 4mb SIMMs)
> > 3.5" 1.44mb floppy drive
> > 
> > No hard drive, network card, etc.
> > 
> > Price:  $5/each
> > 
> > I'll probably be getting 20-30 myself and, if nothing else, sell the RAM and
> > floppy drives on eBay. :-)
> > 
> > If anyone else wants some (for the cluster or otherwise), let me know, and
> > I'll get them for you at the same time I pick mine up.
> > 
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