All else fails, I have 2 486 chassis in my closet. One even has a 486dx4/100 in it.... I haven't powered them up in years, so I'm not sure if they work. They're missing one or two of those plastic blade bay covers. --Dan On 1/25/06, Bupkus wrote: > I have this old pc a neighbor found in his garage and I'm wondering if > it's worth the effort. > > Inside it has: > small motherboard labeled as a Gainwood 5VPA REV 1.1 > with two chips labeled as VIA, VT82C598MVP and VT82C586B. > The bios displays "AGP-PCI BIOS for VIA-MVP3 5VPA-V1.4" at post. > The CPU lists as AMD K6-2/350 again in the bios. > 32MB PC100 > > The case is in terrible shape but it does boot and it has Windows 98 > installed on its 4.3MB Samsung hdd. > The PSU says 250W and seems to be ok. If I can get a decent case maybe > I can get a little more ram and build it up for someone local, like a > neighborhood kid. > > Thanks. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- To exercise power costs effort and demands courage. That is why so many fail to assert rights to which they are perfectly entitled - because a right is a kind of power but they are too lazy or too cowardly to exercise it. The virtues which cloak these faults are called patience and forbearance. Friedrich Nietzsche --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss