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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!psinntp!psinntp!pubxfer.news.psi.net!usenet From: Bruce Smith <bruce@armintl.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: minimum system config? Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 09:01:25 -0500 Organization: Armstrong International Inc. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <3274BCB5.7303@armintl.com> References: <3270F930.7D55@eccosys.com> <327129B8.2699@armintl.com> <54v3gr$eid@newsbr.eunet.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: 38.254.232.6 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; U; HP-UX A.09.05 9000/735) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.hardware:54615 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:30054 Frederic MARAND wrote: > > Bruce Smith <bruce@armintl.com> wrote: > > >David Moles wrote: > >There should be some used PC's around, but be damn careful > >with used prices, I've seen many used PC's for sale with > >price tags higher than you can buy a new & more powerful PC. > Well, some shops including ours resell PCs much cheaper than current > models. For instance, an old 386 (only peripherals included are video, > multi/IO and hard disk) costs about 40 US$. You should probably find > the same prices or lower in the US. I wasn't refering to "shops" (sorry for the confusion). I was talking about people selling their personal PC's. (they are usually not up to date on current PC prices) It's hard to pick up a newspaper around here without seeing some overpriced PC's in the classified section. -------------------------------------------- Bruce Smith bruce@armintl.com System Administrator / Network Administrator Armstrong International, Inc. Three Rivers, Michigan 49093 USA --------------------------------------------