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ravenvii
Dec 18, 2005, 06:28 PM
I have a really old PC... it has a P3 450 MHz, some nVidia TNT card, 384 MB of SDRAM, ethernet card, 56k modem, 8 GB (I think) HD, CD-ROM drive, etc... It has Ubuntu Linux installed if that matters.

Name an offer.


doucy2
Dec 18, 2005, 06:39 PM
i have a pc of the same specs only with a 40gb hd and windows xp pro
and its not worth even $30
dont bother selling it
i didnt sell mine because it isnt worth the hassle
pcs are worthless
that is why we all like macs :)

good lucky if you still decide to sell
amacgenius
Dec 18, 2005, 06:39 PM
I have a really old PC... it has a P3 450 MHz, some nVidia TNT card, 384 MB of SDRAM, ethernet card, 56k modem, 8 GB (I think) HD, CD-ROM drive, etc... It has Ubuntu Linux installed if that matters.

Name an offer.

Brand, model? I'm interested (want a PC for tinkering in the basement).
ravenvii
Dec 18, 2005, 06:45 PM
Brand, model? I'm interested (want a PC for tinkering in the basement).

Well it's in a Sony VAIO case. But the guts are frankenstein-ized from other PCs.
doucy2
Dec 18, 2005, 06:45 PM
Brand, model? I'm interested (want a PC for tinkering in the basement).
you're even a worse junk collector than me
lol
i hope you get it
amacgenius
Dec 18, 2005, 06:49 PM
Well it's in a Sony VAIO case. But the guts are frankenstein-ized from other PCs.

If you can get me full specs, pictures, and an asking price I might take it off your hands :).
amacgenius
Dec 18, 2005, 06:51 PM
you're even a worse junk collector than me
lol
i hope you get it
Believe me, if I had enough money I'd be up to my neck in computer stuffs.
adk
Dec 18, 2005, 07:40 PM
Geez, I can't believe you're calling that thing old! I used a 450mhz PII with windows 98 up until this past summer, surfed the net like a pro. Couldn't keep track of time, though.
dubbz
Dec 18, 2005, 07:42 PM
Geez, I can't believe you're calling that thing old! I used a 450mhz PII with windows 98 up until this past summer, surfed the net like a pro. Couldn't keep track of time, though.

I agree.. Old? More like Ancient :p

Probably cool to thinker with a bit though.
umgolfer
Dec 18, 2005, 08:50 PM
I agree.. Old? More like Ancient :p

Probably cool to thinker with a bit though.

Old??? Wow what is my PII 266 then? It was made by Gateway in 97. It does have MMX technology!!! I still have it as my only PC (other than using Virtual PC). That P3 would be like a massive upgrade for me, if I needed a PC for anything ;)
skoker
Dec 18, 2005, 09:00 PM
Old??? Wow what is my PII 266 then? It was made by Gateway in 97. It does have MMX technology!!! I still have it as my only PC (other than using Virtual PC). That P3 would be like a massive upgrade for me, if I needed a PC for anything ;)


Heh, I still use a Pent I 75 MHz occasionally and those things FLY with 256 RAM in them :P
TLRedhawke
Dec 18, 2005, 09:04 PM
Now now, the stack of 286s and 386s in my living room is old. Anything PII or up (450MHz was the top end of the PIIs) isn't a speed machine, but can be easily adapted to any specific purpose. You'll find a number businesses still use machines of a similar age for their servers.

Don't get me wrong, I prefer using Macs (older or newer) for all my specialized purposes, but PCs will certainly do if it's what I have, and I can get it on the cheap.

This particular bad boy could probably function as a decent file server/print server, or perhaps a PBX.
adk
Dec 18, 2005, 09:20 PM
Anything PII or up (450MHz was the top end of the PIIs) isn't a speed machine, but can be easily adapted to any specific purpose. You'll find a number businesses still use machines of a similar age for their servers.

I hear that, my 450mhz PII ran photoshop 7 like a champ.
joepunk
Dec 18, 2005, 09:26 PM
Off Topic:

I used a PIII 5XX MHz dual with 512MB of ram for my Student Graphic Design Job. Ran Photoshop 7 pretty decent.
ravenvii
Dec 18, 2005, 10:42 PM
If you can get me full specs, pictures, and an asking price I might take it off your hands :).

The full specs... I can't really give you all that much information... The motherboard and P3 originated in a Gateway box... the nVidia was from a Compaq... I think it's a TNT... it has 16 MB of video memory... The HD is a Maxtor Dragonball or something like that... It's from another Gateway box. No idea what brand the CD drive is, it's from where I used to work, they're about to throw it away. It also has a floppy drive, that I took from the same Gateway the motherboard/P3 came from.

I don't have a digital camera, so I don't have a way to take a picture right now. But I'll see what I can do if you really need a picture. The case is in okay condition, with some dings and scratches. The worst damage though is the side. Someone has cut a hole in it and put plexiglass in it to make a window :rolleyes:
opusthe2nd
Dec 18, 2005, 11:00 PM
Would make a great mail or webserver. I even have one, for a shop machine running XP, 450 or so RAM in it, thing runs great.
amacgenius
Dec 18, 2005, 11:19 PM
The full specs... I can't really give you all that much information... The motherboard and P3 originated in a Gateway box... the nVidia was from a Compaq... I think it's a TNT... it has 16 MB of video memory... The HD is a Maxtor Dragonball or something like that... It's from another Gateway box. No idea what brand the CD drive is, it's from where I used to work, they're about to throw it away. It also has a floppy drive, that I took from the same Gateway the motherboard/P3 came from.

I don't have a digital camera, so I don't have a way to take a picture right now. But I'll see what I can do if you really need a picture. The case is in okay condition, with some dings and scratches. The worst damage though is the side. Someone has cut a hole in it and put plexiglass in it to make a window :rolleyes:

How much are you looking for then?
ravenvii
Dec 18, 2005, 11:28 PM
How much are you looking for then?

Dunno, enough to cover shipping, then maybe $30 extra?
iEdd
Dec 18, 2005, 11:41 PM
i have a pc of the same specs only with a 40gb hd
Same, just gave it to mum's friend. It had a dual boot with win xp and linux, but I reinstalled it with windows ME (does that make me a bad person?) for her, as I wanted to keep my XP licence for when I get my intelli-powerbook. :p
amacgenius
Dec 19, 2005, 12:05 AM
Dunno, enough to cover shipping, then maybe $30 extra?

If you can get me a quote on shipping to 14052 I'll give you a final decision.
ravenvii
Dec 20, 2005, 03:05 PM
If you can get me a quote on shipping to 14052 I'll give you a final decision.

Never mind, I'm not selling it. Thanks for the interest though.
jared_kipe
Dec 20, 2005, 03:17 PM
Old, ha ha
I had a 33MHz 486 that I maxed out with 16Mb Ram (it was like 8 chips) and ran Windws 95 (after years of windows 3.1)

Before that I had a 8MHz or so 8088 that had about 4mb ram and ran some pre windows 3.0 in greyscale, or the DOS file tool if you liked. Tricked out the autoexec.bat to allow many different boot configs. :)
jared_kipe
Dec 20, 2005, 03:18 PM
Hey, I'm gong to be going back to my dad's house for holiday. He has a bunch of old office computers with similar or better specs. So if you pay shipping and handling I'll give you anything you want.
ravenvii
Dec 20, 2005, 03:36 PM
Hey, I'm gong to be going back to my dad's house for holiday. He has a bunch of old office computers with similar or better specs. So if you pay shipping and handling I'll give you anything you want.

If you got any faster P3's do send one over! Or another faster CPU with accompanying motherboard will be great too. Also, if you have any graphics card that's PCI (or AGP if you also send over the different CPU-different motherboard combo that has AGP), that'd be great. Oh, and a DVD-ROM drive if that's possible.

God, I sound like a greedy bastard... Of course I'll pay shipping and any other costs.