Re: [TCLUG:18821] Looking for Computers...

[Edward Fleming <legalbeagle@progworks.net>]

I have some of the same computers.  They work great as workstations.

"David S. Cargo" wrote:
> 
> > From: jh@sgi.com
> ] Looking for Computers...
> >
> > Check out
> >     http://materialsprocessing.com/sspage.htm
> >
> > John
> 
> A coworker of mine and I bought two of the IBM P75s for $100, and brought
> them to the last installfest.
> 
> The IBM P75s are PC 350 Model 6586; they can have a P75, P90, or P100
> on the motherboard.  They come with 32MB of RAM and 519MB of hard disk.
> Ours came with token ring cards.  These machines have builtin S3 Trio64
> video chips with 1MB video RAM.  (There is a place for installing
> a CD-ROM drive and a second HD.)
> 
> The only issue I have with the hardware is that memory configuration is
> peculiar.  There are four memory slots, and you can't have four 16MB
> SIMMs to get 64MB.
> 
> I was able to find updates for diagnostics, video drivers, and FLASH
> BIOS at an IBM web site.
> 
> dsc
> 
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