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

[David Tessitor]

As of today, the vendor has not gotten in the shipment, but he expects
to be getting in 150-300 units.  I was told that this will probably be
the last batch he will have available and he has raised the price to $19
each, however, he said that in bulk he can make the price $16 each.  As
long as I tell him the tally, he will reserve that number and not sell
them.  He'll take the ones we have reserved to Monroeville for the
January 6-7 MarketPro show, when/where WPLUG and PACC should also have a
table.

They sell through internet auctions/sales and do other shows, so it
would be good to post any orders early to the list or to me so I can let
him know how many to reserve.   So far I have reserved 25 to cover those
who have already said they want one/some.

Dave

David Tessitor wrote:

> 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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