Try looking at www.pricewatch.com no bidding hassle, and usually pretty cheap.
Hope it helps. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 11/29/2002 at 7:01 PM Jay D. Dyson wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, ALBEE,RUSSELL. S FC2 (CV63 CS5) wrote: > >> 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. > > I'd say your best bet is to search on ebay.com. I've personally >managed to find some relatively older eMachines (533i and 600is models) on >there at very reasonable prices (~$200, including shipping). All machines >I've purchased have been in fine working order and all now live happily >running Linux as IDS, firewalls and -- on occasion -- full-fledged >Xfree86-enabled workstations. > > The only caveat: pay close attention to the seller's history and >feedback. A long list of happy buyers makes for a happier transaction in >my book. > >- -Jay > > ( ( _______ > )) )) .--"There's always time for a good cup of coffee"--. >>====<--. >C|~~|C|~~| (>------ Jay D. Dyson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------<) | = >|-' > `--' `--' `------ Lead, follow, or get-out-of the way. ------' `------' > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (TreacherOS) >Comment: See http://www.treachery.net/~jdyson/ for current keys. > >iD8DBQE96CoWTqL/+mXtpucRAqPqAKCHnalOgbG5y21ozJS1GJoTG5S17wCfbhhk >MDxazm+ptQVqPhn3jO1Kz2o= >=rBq3 >-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
