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

[Draco Aardvark]

])o we have any more infromation on this? 
Will he be at the next show (when is that?)
Where was WPLUG's table? I didn't see it when I went to the show.


> 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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