Replying to a message of Andy Ball to Wayne Chirnside:

 AB> Hello Wayne,

 WC>> When I could not get their attention in 20 minutes
 >> I left with the same two grand I entered the store
 >> with.

 AB>     I hope you put that to good use.  I'm typing this on a
 AB> PC built around a 500 MHz Pentium III 'Katmai' chip, so clearly I'm
 AB> due for an upgrade.

Why?  This box is a 486.  My main computer is a 100 Mhz Pentium.

 AB>  I'm wrestling with the question of whether to
 AB> build something from scratch or to buy a basic, cheap PC and then
 AB> upgrade that over time.

I didn't have to worry about buying basic machines, the company I was
working for several years ago threw out nearly a hundred of them, and I
hauled them away by the pickup load.  Most are still in storage here.

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