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From: Francis R Bridge <bridge@cig.mot.com>
Subject: Re: MS-DOS Kermit, more capabalities
Date: 01 Feb 2000 15:35:36 -0600
Organization: Motorola CIG
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
cangel@famvid.com writes:
cangel@famvid.com writes:
> Hello Joe -
>
> I'm baayyccckkk!
>
> On 1900-01-25 jrd@cc.usu.edu(JoeDoupnik) said:
>
>
> JD>>JRD> 486 and Pentium motherboards are basically free for the asking...
>
> You see Michel said this was not an option and was ignored. The folklore of
> free `486s is probably true if you work in academia where they get new
> equipment for free or in the government where they place no value on what
> they no longer require. For the rest of us even scrap metal has a price
> tag.
No need to work for the government or academia. Try any of the *.forsale
groups - many people are selling 486's for less than $30 or giving them
away outright. Even for someone earning the minimum wage, the $30 would
quickly repay itself in reduced boot time and sanity over a 8088.
If one still can't manage the cost, then politely ask on one of those
newsgroups for a machine as a donation and you will likely get one. Myself
and others have disposed of several obsolete machines that way.
Frank