Site update and Compaq 486

From: Olminkhof <jolminkh_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au>
Date: Wed Oct 6 21:32:19 1999

>Just to legitmise this email with some semi-Classic discussion, how much
>would the base unit of Compaq 486/33m with 8Mb be worth now? A friend is
>interested in buying and I was thinking of a price around ?20. Is this
>reasonable? Remember that this is the base unit ONLY, it doesn't have a
>keyboard, CD-ROM, or monitor.


I found mine in a dumpster. I think it's collectible as an early example
(perhaps the first?) of EISA. The ram is probably on-board the CPU card, so
the only component with any commercial value would be the hard drive.

Hans
Received on Wed Oct 06 1999 - 21:32:19 BST