[GLLUG] Free, Old PCs

Marshal Newrock marshal at zordio.com
Tue Jun 7 10:07:51 EDT 2011


I don't have a 5 1/4" drive, but I do have an 8" floppy drive.

Marshal


On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 22:22:28 -0400
user at qtm.net wrote:

> Hi All,
> Does anyone have a 5 1/4 disk drive?
> Phil
> 
> -
> 
> 
> On 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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