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Posted by: netfreak on 2010-01-17 15:47:00
I happened to browse the local classifieds but rarely do since nothing cheap is ever there, and came across someone selling G4/450 towers for $20 a pop. No ram or HD, but I've got lots of stuff that should work. Going tonight to pick one up. This will replace my G3/400 tower.
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Posted by: Mars478 on 2010-01-17 16:26:19
Imagine buying a ton of them and making a server cluster.
Specially for someone like you who has that awesome site.
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Posted by: netfreak on 2010-01-17 16:36:06
Around 9 years ago when I started the site, I was also going to run a cluster of older machines with Linux. I still wouldn't mind building some sort of cluster just to see how much CPU power I could combine but space and cash are holding me back.
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Posted by: Mars478 on 2010-01-17 17:05:17
Wouldn't this be your chance?
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Posted by: ClassicHasClass on 2010-01-17 17:17:21
I happened to browse the local classifieds but rarely do since nothing cheap is ever there, and came across someone selling G4/450 towers for $20 a pop. No ram or HD, but I've got lots of stuff that should work. Going tonight to pick one up. This will replace my G3/400 tower. If this is the Sawtooth, that's a nice box. Mine is the file server.
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Posted by: netfreak on 2010-01-17 17:32:29
Wouldn't this be your chance? No room. Plus I'm out of work for a while so I can't be dropping too much cash.
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Posted by: Mars478 on 2010-01-17 17:57:23
Oh...
You should put ads on preter human.
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Posted by: Unknown_K on 2010-01-17 18:05:41
G4's are still dropping in price, in another year they will be freecycle finds so don't drop money on one now unless it is a great deal.
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Posted by: netfreak on 2010-01-17 19:11:15
Oh...You should put ads on preter human. Tried that once, few days worth of annoying ads brought in maybe a dollar. I always wanted that site run only on donations anyway. I know I'll never break even but it is such a low cost to me anyway.
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Posted by: netfreak on 2010-01-17 19:12:24
G4's are still dropping in price, in another year they will be freecycle finds so don't drop money on one now unless it is a great deal. These deals never come around this area. I probably won't find another used Mac for sale here for months.
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Posted by: Unknown_K on 2010-01-17 20:09:23
Never say never, funny things happen when you look around (try a recycler).
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Posted by: netfreak on 2010-01-17 20:40:57
Trust me. There is no such thing as a computer recycler in this city. Sometimes the city holds a dump usually once a year for old computers. Nobody is allowed to go through the stuff.
Anyway I picked up the system. Came with a standard Rage 128 16mb vga/dvi video card. Also had an ATI tv tuner in it for some reason... The thing was from a medical office.
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