On Tuesday 28 June 2005 04:37 pm, Jason Van Cleve wrote: > Quoth Linux Rocks!, on Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:22:36 -0700: > > 2 socket 370 CPU's (cel 366 thats run at 550 for years..., cel 1.0ghz) > > Aack! The friend from whom I just inherited that mobo had burned up his > 1GHz socket 370 CPU! I coulda grabbed yours and put him back on the > road in no time. Crikey, as it was, he runs off to Fry's (against my > advice) and buys a brand new 3GHz MB/CPU combo that, turns out, won't > run Windows98 SE. So now he's running XP and hating life. >
Sure he can, he just has to under-clock his computer down to 2.1ghz as win98 has a cpu freq limit. > . . . > > Okay, team, let me put this idea out one more time: why don't we set up > a EUGLUG hardware exchange? We'll use a local garage or basement to > house the inventory, and we'll track and list it all on the Web site (I > can code up an interface for that). A few trusty souls would have > access to the place, so that whenever someone needs something, it can be > obtained without much delay. > > I, like others of you, have a heap of stuff I'd love to donate before it > becomes absolutely obsolete. And if you want to get a few bucks for > some of your own pieces, we can just keep a money box on site. > > Can this possibly be a bad idea? Nobody has to try to build complete > systems out of this stuff. Nobody even has to test it: that'll be up > to the taker. All we need is a little space and a little planning. > > --Jason Van Cleve > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > euglug@euglug.org > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
