[rescue] The best 'rescue' workstation

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Phil Stracchino wrote:

>Atom wrote:
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>>Phil Stracchino wrote:
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>>>Aaron Finley wrote:
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>>>>Not here. For example, a Pentium II tower is $300, along with a
>>>>for-parts Quadra 950 for $275. I've never seen any unix machines. Only
>>>>good find I ever had at surplus was a Tektronix Phaser 850 for $99.
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>>>*Sweet.*  The 850 is laser, not thermal-wax, right?
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>>Phaser 850 is wax...
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>Oh.  Bleh ...  I musta been thinking of one of the other 800-series.
>860 maybe?  870?  My experience of the thermal-wax printers, based on a
>Phaser 340, is that they're capable of sucking a donkey through a
>.040-guage needle.
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If you find a phaser 850 and it has a working printhead those are worth 
gold to some people. Just FYI.