[mdlug-discuss] Another Local Source for Used Computers went OT allready

[Peter Bart]

On Wed, 2010-10-06 at 11:46 -0400, Tony Bemus wrote: 
> I bought 2 computers from there and I haven't had any problems.  They
> have 3 year old laptops from $160 and 17" LCDs for $50.
> 
> Tony Bemus
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2010-10-06 at 11:34 -0400, Peter Bart wrote:
> > Good Morning,
> > I went to play with the plumbing at Information Systems Resources today
> > <www.is-resources.com>. What a candy store! Mostly the buy and sell
> > truckload, but they also sell on Ebay. I happened to meet the asset
> > manager and he is willing to sell individually locally. If you're
> > interested please contact me off list. He's linux friendly and usually
> > has odds and ends left over from the truckloads. Specifically he showed
> > me an HP XW8000 workstation, Xeon 3.2GHZ with a slot for a second, Intel
> > E7505 chipset dual memory channels 4.2GB/s throughput 533MHz frontside
> > bus, 2gig ram with 2 slots open, 250GB HD, Intel 10/100/1000MB ethernet,
> > dual digital Nvidia video cards, floppy, 6 usb ports, firewire,and so
> > on. They've been power on tested to the BIOS. No operating system or
> > COA. He wants $100 each for what he has left and you get a non working
> > one w/o the HD for parts. I thought some of you might be interested in
> > these. Please contact me off list and I'll put you in touch.
> 
> 

Hi Tony,
Sorry I missed your Linux MCE presentation at MDLUG, but I'm looking
forward to the next one your giving. I'm hoping to use the XW8000 to set
up my own Linux MCE home. 
-- 
Best Regards,

Peter The Plumber