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mechmike
Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 103 Location: Pelham, AL
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Posted: Thu 02 Nov 2006, 12:27 Post subject:
Cheap machines ideal for Puppy |
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Edit 02/2014 - the link originally posted no longer exists...
I have no affiliation - Just saw this on Digg and Gizmodo at $75 USD (+/-) shipped and thought it a good deal for anyone that wants a dedicated Puppy Machine...
From Gizmodo: Quote: | It's really bare-bones, with a 700 mHz Celeron, 128MB of RAM, a 10GB hard drive, Windows 2000 (not installed), onboard Video and Audio, two PCI slots, one AGP slot, and four USB slots. |
RAM is expandable to 512MB (2 X 256MB SDRAM)
OTOH, I have a buddy in Nashville that bought a whole pallet of working PIII and Celeron boxes of about the same vintage for $60 at a county surplus auction...
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mechmike
Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 103 Location: Pelham, AL
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Posted: Mon 06 Nov 2006, 16:07 Post subject:
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Want to "roll your own" Puppy box for cheap? Here's another deal:
Edit 02/2014 - the link originally posted no longer exists...
Trigem Como III Slot 1 ATX Motherboard w/ Intel 300MHz CPU for $15.99
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raffy
Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4839 Location: Manila
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Posted: Mon 06 Nov 2006, 16:49 Post subject:
Talent |
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You have a talent for spotting bargain PCs just right for Puppy. Keep 'em coming.
_________________ Puppy user since Oct 2004. Want FreeOffice? Get the sfs (English only).
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mechmike
Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 103 Location: Pelham, AL
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Posted: Mon 06 Nov 2006, 17:20 Post subject:
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Thanks, Raffy...
I am what is referred to in America as a "cheap SOB", and I'm proud of it!
Surely other countries / cultures have a similar term...
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mechmike
Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 103 Location: Pelham, AL
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Posted: Mon 06 Nov 2006, 17:53 Post subject:
Retrobox |
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Retrobox is another source of "cheap iron":
Edit 02/2014 - they were, and now that domain serves up malware...
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mechmike
Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 103 Location: Pelham, AL
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Posted: Fri 17 Nov 2006, 12:26 Post subject:
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Here's another - a 2 gHz Celeron/256MB for $110:
Edit 02/2014 - the link originally posted no longer exists...
Not as cheap as some of the others, but worth a mention...
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Sage
Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 5370 Location: GB
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Posted: Sat 18 Nov 2006, 01:03 Post subject:
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Your aint no cheapskate, Mike-ie. Always ask how much they'll pay to have you take their junk heaps away. Hire a Jetstream for a weekend and I'll fill it up with whatever you need - no charge.
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HairyWill

Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 2946 Location: Southampton, UK
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Posted: Sat 18 Nov 2006, 10:40 Post subject:
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I got given a compaq armada 1530d laptop from freecycle last week. After a weeks worth of poking and toying with DSL I've finally got puppy to set the display to 800x600 8bit colour. For anyone else with one of these dinosaurs the crucial bits were:
editing my generated xorg.conf so that the only option was 800x600 and 8 bit colour <edit>sorry I left this out
the other crucial bit was specifying
Option "NoAccel"
as the graphics card can't handle acceleration
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processor - intel p133
RAM - 80MB (maxed)
hard drive - NTFS with NT4, and a 60Mb linux swap
graphics - cirrus logic GD-7548 1MB! ram (much agravation)
network - PCMCIA wireless card that I ripped out of an old broken wireless router.
WinNT only shows 640x480 8 bit so I was really pleased at managing to up the display by poking at xorg.conf.
The processor is a bit slow for serious use, but I only want to use it as a CLI radio streamer which works fine.
_________________ Will
contribute: community website, screenshots, puplets, wiki, rss
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Sage
Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 5370 Location: GB
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Posted: Sat 18 Nov 2006, 11:14 Post subject:
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I've got a later Cpq Ar-murderer. Many of them have a regular cpu inside. Could try replacing it with 233 or 266? I think there's even a way to clock it to 150 (Wire trick? Most of those 133 were multiplier locked so you'll have to work on the FSB), but I'm not into laptop clocking.
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mechmike
Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 103 Location: Pelham, AL
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Posted: Mon 21 May 2007, 12:08 Post subject:
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Here's another cheapie ($60 USD):
Dell Optiplex GX100 PIII 866Mhz / 128MB / 10GB / CD Edit 02/2014 - the link originally posted no longer exists...
Also, a couple of Socket 370 mobo/CPU combos for cheap money:
700 Celeron: Edit 02/2014 - the link originally posted no longer exists...
PIII 800: Edit 02/2014 - the link originally posted no longer exists...
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Nightowl59

Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 32 Location: Eppstein, Hessen, Germany
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Posted: Sun 27 May 2007, 14:07 Post subject:
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Hi, all
I like the older specially cheaper stuff to.
I just got a Compaq 510 USDT (means Ultra Slim DeskTop) with a P4 1.9 Ghz 256MB Ram and a 20GB HDD.
But i was the luckyone i got one with a DVD/CD-RW Combo drive (most of them have a CD or DVD Rom only). The videocard is a shared Memory IntelExtreme with up to 64MB. So it's ok, even for a 3D-Desktop (with PCLinuxOS, hopefully with Puppy in the future).
It's only about the size of a closed Laptop but twice as thick (it fits in my Dell Laptopbag incl. the Minikeyb. i have). The processor is passively cooled and the power supply has only a rated output of 50W !! I upgraded the RAM to 1Gig and the HDD with my old 40Gb WD i had left. Now it runs nicely and with Teenpup or Puppy 2.16 it's a real blast. And the cost was only 133Euros + Ram 55 Euros.
The other nice PC for Puppy i think is a Compaq iPaq. It's a small client with Processors between 500 and 1000 Mhz. They use SD-Ram, a normal 3.5 inch HDD (it's cheaper) and most of them have a slim CD-Rom. At Ebay/Germany their was one for only 69 Euros (733Mhz/256MB/20GB and CD). Some of them have a small powersupply and others a laptop powersupply so they aren't really noisy.
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LOF

Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 115 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun 27 May 2007, 14:48 Post subject:
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For anyone in the UK. I'd take a look at http://www.speedie.co.uk/. Haven't tried them personally but hope to soon.
_________________ Cheers,
LOF

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mechmike
Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 103 Location: Pelham, AL
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Posted: Fri 08 Jun 2007, 16:05 Post subject:
NEW and cheap! |
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Edit 02/2014 - the link originally posted no longer exists...
Details
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 3600+
FreeDOS™ included in the box, ready to install
FREE Upgrade! 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs
80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
16X DVD-ROM Drive
No Monitor
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE Integrated Graphics GPU
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Accessories
No Floppy Drive Included
No Modem
No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
Dell USB Keyboard
Dell® 2-button USB mouse
Support & Services
1 Year On-site Economy Plan
Prefer Intel to AMD?
Edit 02/2014 - the link originally posted no longer exists...
Details
Pentium® D Processor 925 with Dual Core Technology (3GHz, 800FSB)
FreeDOS™ included in the box, ready to install
FREE Upgrade! 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs
80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
16X DVD ROM Drive
No Monitor
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3000
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Accessories
No Floppy Drive Included
No Modem
No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
Dell USB Keyboard
Dell® 2-button USB mouse
My Support & Services
1 Year On-site Economy Plan
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mechmike
Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 103 Location: Pelham, AL
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Posted: Fri 08 Jun 2007, 16:45 Post subject:
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The two Dells above are $279 each shipped - cheap money for new, modern boxen...
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mechmike
Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 103 Location: Pelham, AL
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Posted: Fri 23 Nov 2007, 23:27 Post subject:
Here's another one to bring the thread forward... |
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Edit 02/2014 - the link originally posted no longer exists...
IBM NetVista 6648
Intel Pentium 3 933Mhz
256 MB RAM
10GB Hard Drive
CD-Rom Drive Installed
1.44 Floppy Drive Installed
Integrated Video and Audio Installed
Two (2) PCI Slots
Two (2) USB Ports
Two (2) COM Ports
One (1) Serial Port
On Board Network Installed
Windows 2000 Pro Loaded
Keyboard, Mouse, and Power Cord Included
30 Day Warranty (Parts, Labor, and Shipping)
$80 shipped
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IBM NetVista
Intel Pentium 3 933Mhz
128 MB RAM
10GB Hard Drive
CD-Rom Drive Installed
1.44 Floppy Drive Installed
Integrated Video and Audio Installed
Two (2) PCI Slots
Two (2) USB Ports
Two (2) COM Ports
One (1) Serial Port
On Board Network Installed
Windows 2000 Pro COA Only
Keyboard, Mouse, and Power Cord Included
30 Day Warranty (Parts, Labor, and Shipping)
$60 shipped
Give a kid a cheap Puppy box for Christmas!
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