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Date:	Mon, 02 Jun 2003 09:38:04 -0400
From:	eyeleica@lvcm.com
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Subject:	Re: SCOUG-Help: Re: USB kbd (was warp 4 install diskettes)

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In , on 06/02/2003
at 09:24 AM, "Steven Levine" said:

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>In <20030602133507.XRAU26732.fed1mtao01.cox.net@eyeleica>, on 06/02/03
> at 06:34 AM, eyeleica@lvcm.com said:

>>from cd. Upon communicating with the bios maker, the particular bios
>>model will not boot from cd. However, for $69 an update will fix that.
>>Now the update is down to $19, but that is a different story.

>While it's fun to play with older hardware. I have plenty of it here
>that's still in use. It pays to do some comparison shopping before
>upgrading older equipment. These days, you can get a brand new MB and a
>slowish AMD CPU for about $80. This would probably be last year's model.
> Add another $30 for memory and compare the total to what you get for
>$69.

I agree. I mentioned that to the bios company rep on the phone. They
have called me 3 times and the price is down to $19.95 for updated bios.
I have several older friends who need stimulation and this old equipment
provide email and web surfing means. I can show them how to get and send
email and surf the web. For starting, I don't see the learning curve any
harder with os/2 than Windows. Also, I can give back these old computers
to the school I got them from. They were throwing them out, but with os/2
installed, it would be a good teaching tool for the computer club and for
the computer insturctors.

>Steven

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