Learning to Program

[tleslie]

holy crap, was that a rack mount case too?
any more left? where get?

-tl

On Mon, 2007-10-01 at 11:19 -0400, James Knott wrote:
> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 08:54:43AM -0400, Alexander Short wrote:
> >   
> >> VMWare has a free server that then you can install whichever linux dist you want even from CD and learn the ins and outs of installing and configuring that way.  I'm in disbelief that you can't afford a linux box; as my linux box is a p3-700 that I was given 7 yrs ago from my last workplace.  A similar box could probably be found for under $50.  The other method is sign up for cheap webhosting that includes terminal access.
> >> ?
> >>     
> >
> > Certainly a couple of years ago a P3 with 128MB ram and 20GB disk was
> > $200.  I think today you get P4 with 256 or 512MB ram for that price.
> >
> >   
> 
> I recently bought a refurb IBM Netfinity server with 4 SCSI 18GB drives, 
> 512 MB memory, redundant power supplies and a 1.13 GHz P3 for $150.  
> Places like Tiger Direct, Factory Direct and Computer Warehouse Outlet, 
> among others, often have off lease business computers for good prices.
> 
> 
> 

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