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

[H. G.]

On 3/5/07, David Rosenstrauch <darose at darose.net> wrote:
>
> Mordy Ovits wrote:
> > Anyone know where I can pick up a old, cheap PC?  Think Pentium 2 or
> > 3, coupla hundred megahertz, 256MB of RAM, etc.  That sort of thing.
> > You know, the kind of box people are throwing away all the time.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mordy
>
> I usually hit up Craig's List for stuff like this.  Bought my last
> server off some Finnish dude in Murray Hill for $140.
>
> DR
>

This man speaks truth.
Craigslist is definitely the way to go for this; I've had similar
experiences.
I managed to find a decent 1Ghz+ Celeron file server for $100 solid.