[Skimmertalk] Building a computer for Skimmer (RESEND)

[Pete Smith]

I just look at the site, and all I saw were 2.80 MHz P4s.  That's 
essentially the same as my Dell, which is a 2.66 GHz P4.  Not enough 
computer for this job, I'm afraid.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 09:27 AM 2/7/2009, VE5ZX wrote:
>I am resending this posting because the body of the text and the URL got
>mangled for some reason
>
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>Also, you can buy off lease already assembled 3 GHz hyperthreaded IBM boxes
>with loads of memory, HD, DVD, USB ports and other goodies including XP pro
>for between $150 & $300.
>
>http://www-304.ibm.com/shop/americas/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/default/CategoryDisplay?storeId=124&catalogId=-124&langId=124&categoryId=2576395
>
>I have two of these machines. One was a full sized 3 Ghz desktop machine
>with a floppy drive, 40 GB HD, 1 GB RAM, DVD read/write, 1 serial port, 1
>parallelport, 6 USB ports, a half dozen expansion slots and XP pro for $195
>Canadian delivered to the door. VE5UF has purchased quite a few. I am
>thinking of buying a couple more just have around '' just in case"" :)
>
>... Sylvan
>Sylvan Katz,  VE5ZX
>Saskatoon, SK
>
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