[GLLUG] Free, Old PCs

Richard Houser rick at divinesymphony.net
Mon Jun 6 00:15:50 EDT 2011


I could probably come up with some old, small hard drives if someone
needs one for these.  No charge, but please make sure you need one
before asking.  It takes more effort to scrub and test drive than it
does to shoot a slug through the platters.

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Chick Tower <c.e.tower at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have some Dell PCs that I got for free on Craiglist a few years ago. I
> think the model is GX120.  They have P-III CPUs, 128MB of RAM, power cords,
> no hard drives, and a COA for some version of Windows (probably Win2000).
>  We used them in the Penguicon computer lounge a few years ago as terminals
> attached to a server, and they worked fine for that.  I had the bright idea
> once that I could scavenge RAM from some of them to put in the others, since
> they're all identical, but it seems to me they only have one slot for RAM,
> so that didn't work.
>
> If anyone is interested in one or some of them, and wants more information,
> let me know off-list and I can get back to you with the exact model name and
> COA.  If you need a keyboard, mouse, and mousepad, I can give you some I
> bought at the MSU surplus for use in the computer lounge.  If nobody wants
> them, I'll offer them on Freecycle and Craigslist.  Again, since I paid
> nothing for them, I'm offering them for free.
> --
>
>                               Chick
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