[vox] ISO: Another PII/PII... This time, for my dad :^)

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Bill,

I have a couple of PCs that I would sell for about $50.  I have a 
PII-333, AMD K-450, and PI-200MMX.  I do not have monitors for any of 
these, but a quick craigslist search would probably do the trick.  I 
might even have keyboards and mice, but a fry's trip and about $15 would 
take care of that.  Give me a call on my cell ( I'll email privately )

Mark

Bill Kendrick wrote:

>My dad's ancient Mac (a PowerMac, I think, running MacOS Classic and
>Netscape 4.something) is showing its age.  I asked my dad what he does
>with his computers these days (for a while, he was running some
>'teach yourself Spanish' program, but no longer does that any more).
>
>Right now, it's pretty much e-mail and web browsing -- his main concern being
>ability to purchase stuff online (like at travel sites), which has been
>becoming more of a problem with the old browser he's using.
>(He tried to upgrade to a new Netscape, but apparently it required some
>unavailable plug-in for the OLD Netscape... at least, that's what I gathered
>from how he described it.)
>
>
>Anyway, my brother suggested he shell out for a newer Mac to run OSX.
>I think that's WAY overkill.  I think something similar to what we set up
>for a kiosk at Chamonix (a ~350MHz Pentium II) would fit the bill quite
>nicely, and work well for him for a number of years.  Also, upgrading would
>be easier and cheaper, because of the huge amounts of Wintel stuff that
>can be found out there, used.
>
>
>So, I guess I'm asking if anyone has a PII level system that they'd be
>willing to part with (name your price;  I have no idea what this stuff is
>worth, obviously... the last one I got was all donated ;^) )
>
>I think my dad could survive just fine in Linux with Mozilla and
>either the Mozilla email client, or Evolution!  Heck, we can probably
>get him doing a lot more with his computer, if he needs to, and without
>paying $40 here, $20 there, and then having to upgrade his whole OS
>(like he's had to do a few times with his Mac :^) )
>
>Thx!
>
>-bill!
>
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