[wplug] mini-computers available cheap ($15?)

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Myself and some co-workers would probabaly be interested in 3-4 of
these.


David Tessitor wrote:
> 
> Friday I talked to the vendor who had $15 mini-computers (notebook
> size) for sale at the October MarketPro Show.  They brought several
> hundred and  sold most of them. They will be getting in some more
> sometime this week, but they weren't sure if the price will be the
> same.  These are great for firewall routers and quiet, too.  If
> anybody wants one or more, we can get a better price by pulling the
> orders together and buying in bulk.
> 
> ------
> 
> Specs:
> 
> Unisys, Intel 486-66DX2; 12 MB RAM; one floppy; one 340 MB
> harddrive; and one expansion slot;  on the motherboard:  internal
> nic & video w/1(?)meg RAM, one parallel port, two serial ports, ps2
> keyboard and mouse ports.  The back of the case has a special outlet
> for the monitor or other peripheral (turns on with the computer),
> and the power supply  fan is a generic pentium processor cooling fan
> (small and quiet).
> 
> Additional RAM is available at less than $1/MB.   The controller can
> take two drives, but there is only room for one in the case (a cable
> could be fished out the expansion slot).  It reportedly can take
> large (multi-Gig) hard drives (but I think it probably relies on the
> operating system to access them rather than the bios).
> 
> ------
> 
> Brian Sammon has been using one of these work horses as a firewall
> for a while (you may have seen it at a GUM or Installfest), and he's
> getting a couple more.  I bought 4 at the last show and will be
> ordering double that for my purposes (loaners to volunteers, etc.).
> Several people have already asked for a one or two each.  At this
> point I think the total is around 15 or so.  That should be enough
> to get them for the earlier price or less, even if the single unit
> price goes up.
> 
> If you want to order any (heck, at this price and size you can
> afford to also get one or more to keep as spares) LET ME KNOW.   I
> plan to call the dealer later in the week.
> 
> Dave
> 412-343-6177
> 412-343-2332
> 
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