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Cheap machines ideal for Puppy

#1 Post by mechmike »

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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:
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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#2 Post by mechmike »

Want to "roll your own" Puppy box for cheap? Here's another deal:

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Trigem Como III Slot 1 ATX Motherboard w/ Intel 300MHz CPU for $15.99
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#3 Post by raffy »

You have a talent for spotting bargain PCs just right for Puppy. Keep 'em coming. :)
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#4 Post by mechmike »

Thanks, Raffy...

I am what is referred to in America as a "cheap SOB", and I'm proud of it! :D

Surely other countries / cultures have a similar term...

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Retrobox

#5 Post by mechmike »

Retrobox is another source of "cheap iron":

Edit 02/2014 - they were, and now that domain serves up malware...
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#6 Post by mechmike »

Here's another - a 2 gHz Celeron/256MB for $110:

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Not as cheap as some of the others, but worth a mention...
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#7 Post by Sage »

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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armada 1530d

#8 Post by HairyWill »

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
</edit>

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.
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#9 Post by Sage »

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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#10 Post by mechmike »

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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#11 Post by Nightowl59 »

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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#12 Post by LOF »

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.
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NEW and cheap!

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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?

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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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OOPS!

#14 Post by mechmike »

The two Dells above are $279 each shipped - cheap money for new, modern boxen...

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Here's another one to bring the thread forward...

#15 Post by mechmike »

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  • 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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#16 Post by veronicathecow »

Hi, try your local dump. My friend pick up parts for a 2.5ghz with 512 RAM 80 gb hdd for nothing!

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#17 Post by The Jinx »

You might also want to try http://ztechshop.net/computers/sub-100/ $100 PC.

* CPU: Intel Pentium 3 1Ghz
* Memory: 256MB Upgradable to 512MB
* Hard Drive: 10GB
* Network: 10/100 Fast Ethernet w/Optional external 56k modem
* Audio: Built in sound
* 4 USB 2.0 ports
* Depth: 13.93 in
* Height: 3.57 in
* Width: 12.54 in
* Weight: ~15 lb

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Compaq IPAQ 500 Celeron $25 USD shipped...

#18 Post by mechmike »

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$25 USD Shipped in the US...

Manufacturer's product description
Compaq refers to its latest product, the iPAQ, as an Internet device, implying that its primary purpose is to access the Web. Such a product is typically meant for consumers. The Compaq iPAQ is in fact a fully functional corporate PC - albeit an unusual one. Smaller than most mini-towers and irregular in shape, the iPAQ has no bus slots, and its lone external drive bay does not accept desktop drives. Rather, it accepts the hot-swappable drives typically used in Compaq's Armada notebooks. This uniquely designed product is ideal for corporate network environments and for employees who primarily use their PC for mainstream office productivity applications and corporate Internet/intranet access.

General
Processor
Type: Intel Celeron 500 MHz

Cache memory
Type: L2 Cache - Pipeline Burst

Installed Size: 128 KB (installed) / 128 KB (max)

Mainboard
Chipset Type: Intel 810E

Data Bus Speed: 66 MHz

Ram
Installed Size: 128MB / 512 MB (max)

Storage
Hard Drive:4+ GB

Graphics controller
Type: AGP - integrated

Video Memory: Shared Video Memory (UMA)

Installed Size: 4 MB

Supported Display Graphics: VGA (640x480), XGA (1024x768), SVGA (800x600), SXGA (1280x1024)

Video Output Supported: RGB

Audio output
Type: Sound card - PCI - integrated

Signal Processor: Intel 810

Sound Output Mode: Stereo

Max Sample Rate: 48 kHz

Compliant Standards: Sound Blaster 16/Pro, AC '97

Input device
Type: Mouse, keyboard


Networking
Networking: Network adapter - PCI - integrated

Data Link Protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet

Compliant Standards: IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u

Expansion / connectivity
Expansion Bays Total (Free): 1 ( 1 ) x hot-swap - Slim Line

Expansion Slots Total (Free):

1 ( 0 ) x processor
2 ( 1 ) x memory - DIMM 168-PIN
Interfaces:

2 x USB - 4 PIN USB Type A
1 x microphone - input - mini-phone mono 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-out - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x headphones - output - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-In - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45
1 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)

Operating system / software
OS Provided: NONE

NO FLOPPY INSTALLED

NO CD-ROM INSTALLED (SLOT IS OPEN FOR LAPTOP TYPE CD ROM)
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#19 Post by chicks »

$10 each, 140 available:

http://cgi.ebay.com/MaxSpeed-Maxterm-51 ... dZViewItem

MaxSpeed Maxterm 5140 thin client, slot for CF card to boot Puppy.

300MHz x86-compatible processor
64MB RAM
Modem
Ethernet
1280X1024 max resolution
Very low power

Add $10 shipping for first, $5 ea. for more.

I haven't ordered one (yet), but no reason it wouldn't work as a Green Puppy PC.

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#20 Post by Aitch »

Hi
That Maxterm looks similar to the HP T5700, albeit slower
see my post:-

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=26527

Anyone have a list/know which thin client boxes work with puppy
or if there's a port to puppy of an open source thin client software
Citrix is designed for NT/XP server use & connectivity

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