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Samy Elashmawy wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi folds ,
> 
> I am looking for a rock solid motherboard Preferably with vidio and sound
> on board that are rock solid and supported by suse linux.
> 
> Low end is ok , pentuim class / pentuim mmx , amd K6 II/III are ok for this
> . I dont want to toss  a lot of money at this , as it will be serving only
> as a firewall and ip masquerading machine.  PCI is a must. On board vidio
> and sound would be nice ,as I won,t have to spend on additioanl cards . No
> spares here to toss into it.
> ,
> If any off you know where I can pick up a dirt chape used P166 or better ,
> let me know , thats another option.
> 

I just bought a used Dell (premium quality) Pentium 90, with an S3 Virge
PCI video
card, and an isa NE2000 ethernet card, and 32 megs of Simm ram; for
$159.
They were from a University computer lab.

Go to www.compgeeks.com and look at their "barebones" systems. Better
yet, go to
one of those computer trade shows/swap meets; and get some old surplus
stuff.
Pentiums are getting harder and harder to find. I hear they are grinding
them up,
and mixing them into cement for highways.

I have a K6-II 266, and they are selling for $59 now. Put it in a $99
PC-100
motherboard. I have heard that ram is going up because of the Taiwan
earthquake,
so Dimm ram may be expensive. ( It always goes up at Christmas, wonder
why? ;-) )


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