> Does anybody know of any good locations online to purchase old 486
> machines or low end Pentium machines for use as a Firewall and/or IDS?
> I've tried searching on google and just keeping getting links to
> Pentium 4 computers. I will be using either a Linux or BSD flavor on
> these machines.
>
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> Subject: Re: Low end machines for Firewall/IDS
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> Try looking at www.pricewatch.com no bidding hassle, and usually pretty cheap.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
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> On 11/29/2002 at 7:01 PM Jay D. Dyson wrote:
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For $200 you can build [almost entirely] new ones. Go to any computer show in
your area, and you can pick up a mobo w/built-in AMD 1.2GHZ + case + 128MB
RAM for approx $120-$140 (see http://www.pcchips.com.tw/M810Lv71c.html as an
example of such mobo), then add a low end hard drive (even used on
In the alternative, you could buy a brand new system with an 800MHz
processor, 256 meg RAM and Lindows 2.0 for $200 at (don't laugh now) ---
http://www.walmart.com
Yep. Bought one for my 77 year old mother and another for my mother-in-law.
They run great and meet all their needs. Then I convinced
Try looking at www.pricewatch.com no bidding hassle, and usually pretty cheap.
Hope it helps.
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>On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, ALBEE,RUSSELL. S FC2 (CV63 CS5) wrote:
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>>Does anybody know of any good locations online to purchase old 486
machines
>>or low end Pentium machines for use as a Firewall and/or IDS?
ebay, computer & office equip, search for "pentium 2" finds a few
Jim Colten
System Technical Support
Central Computing Operations
Suite 660 WBOB
Univer
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> Does anybody know of any good locations online to purchase old 486
machines
> or low end Pentium
Try www.pricescan.com
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Subject: Low end machines for Firewall/IDS
Does anybody know of any good locations online to purchase old 486
machines
I like retrobox
http://www.retrobox.com/
or ebay
Thanks,
Andrew
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