[digitalradio] Cheap PC source

2009-02-19 Thread Andrew O'Brien
I changed my mind about a major upgrade to my PC system, was going to get a new desktop with Vista to work in the shack, I gave my previous shack PC to my son to replace his dead one. I took a chance and bought a refurbished one via Ebay, so far so good. I will not mention the company here

Re: [digitalradio] Cheap PC source

2009-02-19 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
I also just picked up a dell 2.4G with 4 USB ports and 2 DB9 ports for just $134.00. Had it about 8 weeks now and no problems. Running XP. May look for a replacement for my 500Mhz DOS 6.22 machine soon. At 04:47 PM 2/19/2009, you wrote: I changed my mind about a major upgrade to my PC system,

Re: [digitalradio] Cheap PC source

2009-02-19 Thread John Gleichweit
://smokeybehr.blogspot.com http://www.myspace.com/smokeybehr - Original Message From: John Becker, WØJAB w0...@big-river.net To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 3:25:14 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Cheap PC source I also just picked up a dell 2.4G with 4 USB

Re: [digitalradio] Cheap PC source

2009-02-19 Thread Rick Karlquist
John Gleichweit wrote: I get about 90% of my stuff from http://www.pacificgeek.com They have all kinds of refurbished computers from desktops to laptops to servers. -- John Smokey Behr Gleichweit FF1/EMT, CCNA, MCSE So everything they advertise is refurbished, not new or used? On the

Re: [digitalradio] Cheap PC source

2009-02-19 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
Rick same here in the St. Louis area. That is why all 7 of my computers are Dell's. Just punch in the tag number and their site will tell you what drivers you need. Load the OS and drivers and your done. Since you can now load XP on any number of computers it's no problem. I have a harder time

Re: [digitalradio] Cheap PC source

2009-02-19 Thread Rick Karlquist
John Becker, WØJAB wrote: Rick same here in the St. Louis area. That is why all 7 of my computers are Dell's. Just punch in the tag number and their site will tell you what drivers you need. Load the OS and drivers and your done. Since you can now load XP on any number of computers it's no

Re: [digitalradio] Cheap PC source

2009-02-19 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
About the time vista came out I read that one could now load XP on as many units as they wish. So with that I got the XP upgrade from best buy. Last time I reloaded it on a computer was last week. this has got to be 6th time this one copy has been loaded on a different computer. As far as the