Free* 486-based PCs (fwd)

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

Found this in ne.forsale.  I do not know this person.

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Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 21:27:42 GMT
From: Matt Emmott <hardware at jerkychew.com>
Newsgroups: ne.forsale
Subject: Free* 486-based PCs

The star means that they're free, but only if you pick them up. All details
below...

I have a bunch of refurbished 486 machines. I believe that they are all
486/66's, with 12-16MB of RAM, at least 200MB hard drives, and some flavor
of internal modem. However, they don't have floppy drives or power cables.

They are all desktop machines, around the size of a VCR.

The PCs are running some kind of proprietary OS that was designed to make
them little internet appliances. The software, still shrinkwrapped, includes
the OS and an office application. Add 2 network cards and install Linux, and
you've got a nice little firewall.

I have at least 10 of these at the moment. I will give them to anybody that
is willing to pick them up in Franklin, MA. If you prefer that I meet you
somewhere (I do a lot of work in the Boston area), there's a 10 dollar
handling charge. I'd advise against shipping them, because they're heavy,
but if you're willing to pay shipping, I'll do it.

Contact me via email if interested.

Thanks,
Matt