[nylug-talk] Buying/obtaining a cheap workhorse junker?

Peter C. Norton spacey-nylug at lenin.net
Mon Mar 5 15:14:57 EST 2007


On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 02:01:11PM -0500, Mordy Ovits wrote:
> On Monday 05 March 2007 12:36 pm, Donn Morrill wrote:
> > Check out the HP Kayak. I've been buying them up on eBay for
> > $75-$100 or so. They're real workhorses. SCSI, dual processor
> > capable.
> 
> One reason why I want a low-end box is for the low electricity pull.  
> A dual proc scsi box is more watts for not a lot of benefit.

Not to mention that the Kayaks were back-breakers. On the positive
side, if you used one of those, you could add "doorstop" to its list
of duties.

-Peter

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