Re: GENERAL: Irrelevant (Warning: going more OT here)

[Michael Kurkowski <mk@netstra.com.au>]

Hi,

Unless of course you decide to use it for a less bloated operating than
Windows, like Linux or BSD... At home i used to run a 486/DX2x66 with 6mb
ram, with Linux (Slackware 3.6) and a web proxy (Squid - same as most
ISP's use), and it worked fine. 

In relation to the original post however, I am unsure what I could find a
486 going for these days, but you might want to try some of the following
Australian newsgroups as a pointer: 

aus.ads.forsale.computers
aus.ads.forsale.computers.used
aus.computers
aus.computers.ibm-pc

Thanks
Michael

Steven Hurst scribbled something with a chicken feather on 9/07/1999 in
<931509789.313158@diddley.primus.com.au>: 

>Bought a 486 mother board on its own a while back, for $30,  could
>probably get one for $10 now!  I upgarded to a P100 a year ago for $150
>
>The speakers/sound card may be worth about 50 depending on brand, I'm no
>expert, but it'd probably make good land fill, my old 486 mother board
>currently serves as a great dust collector.
>-Steven
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