[geeks] Princeton Surplus Haul...

Mark Benson md.benson at gmail.com
Wed Nov 15 15:35:16 CST 2006


On 15 Nov 2006, at 19:10, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> Wed, 15 Nov 2006 @ 12:37 -0600, Lionel Peterson said:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Just a quick note on few finds today:
>>
>>  - NCD Explora 451 thin client, cost $5 (included power supply),  
>> tested for boot-up before purchase. I'd seen these types of thin  
>> clients before, but without power supply. When I could test this,  
>> I decided to "take the plunge". FOund this web page full of good  
>> info: http://criggie.dyndns.org/ncd/explora/
>>
>>  - Mac G4 350 (with Firewire), cost $31 with over 128 Meg of RAM  
>> (I assume it is 256, but don't know, haven't powered it up yet),  
>> CD, 10 Gig HD in good physical condition.
>
> Just a note: I've seen some new G4 upgrades that are supposed to  
> take a
> Quicksilver to 2GHz. They were around $180 for dual CPU units I think.
>
> I don't know how many different models they work on, and of course, it
> won't speed up your FSB or other parts.
>
> If I knew for sure it had good effect, I'd get a cheap G4 and do  
> the CPU
> upgrade.

Fitting is dependent on if it's PCI only (likely if it's a 350).

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