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I'm looking for some stores in New York City that sell used computer
equipment. Systems, Monitors, etc. Do any of you know one?

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In article <35uqm01er8pglftf4m48j8lvu9538djepl@4ax.com>,
Rubby <Rubby@phonebox.com> wrote:
>I'm looking for some stores in New York City that sell used computer
>equipment. Systems, Monitors, etc. Do any of you know one?


I haven't looked lately but there has been a place called "gator" or
"alligator" Computers that always advertised in the Tuesday science
section of the New York Times. They started in the 80's, if they
still exist.

IMO hitting up your friends and relatives for hand-me-downs is a
better bet that the markup on a store-bought used system.


--
Al Dykes
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adykes at p a n i x . c o m

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"Rubby" <Rubby@phonebox.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for some stores in New York City that sell used computer
> equipment. Systems, Monitors, etc. Do any of you know one?

hey
i just was in the chelsea area and checked out a few second-hand shops such
as st. vincent etc the proces were between $25 and $195 or so for whole
systems pentium1 and pentiumII

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Benchmark against Ebay & choose carefully:
o Do a google search for any compatibility issues
o For example, if you need USB what level (if any) is supported etc

Despite what many think, a P4-Celeron will run most office apps fine.

Economics wise, one chip is often overlooked:
o Skt-370 - P3-Celeron Tualatin - 1.1Ghz & 1.2Ghz
o The P3 architecture is efficient re clockspeed & the pipeline is short
o So the 256KB cache on that chip & the clockspeed goes a long way

Unfortunately PC133 memory is a bit steep compared to modern DDR.
However the PSU demands are small, onboard graphics is common & ok.

For a home server or general office it will be fine - and one reason why
Microsoft couldn't drop Windows98 support since so much of the
planet is quite happy using it - on P2 & P3 systems very probably.

One reason why P3 (not Celeron) CPUs still hold their value well, with
the P3-1.4Ghz being somewhat overpriced - Tualatin 1.2Ghz are v.cheap.
So you need not go as far back as P1 or P2 systems, careful self-build.
--
Dorothy Bradbury

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philo wrote:
> "Rubby" <Rubby@phonebox.com> wrote in message
> news:35uqm01er8pglftf4m48j8lvu9538djepl@4ax.com...
>
>>I'm looking for some stores in New York City that sell used computer
>>equipment. Systems, Monitors, etc. Do any of you know one?
>
>
> hey
> i just was in the chelsea area and checked out a few second-hand shops such
> as st. vincent etc the proces were between $25 and $195 or so for whole
> systems pentium1 and pentiumII
>
>
I bought a computer monitor off of craigslist for about $50.