[Ham-Computers] What ISP for an Old Computer

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Jim, 	
	
Do the obvious, find him a local ISP. Much cheaper, far friendlier and more
dependable.	
	
That old system, however, may be DOS based he may have troubles connecting.	
	
People are throwing away computers nowadays ten times better than he has, ask
your local Ham club or local service clubs, surely somebody has one they would
be delighted to get rid of.	


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From: Jim Hill <hro5-2 at cox.net>
To: mailto:@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Ham-Computers] What ISP for an Old Computer
Date: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 8:46 PM

Hi:
I'm helping an impoverished friend get on the net.  He has a donated old 
computer, an ACER with only 24 megs of ram.  Unfortunately, at least 32 
megs of ram is needed for all ISP' s we have checked, aside from possibly 
AOL.  My friend doesn't have a credit card, and AOL chargers an additional 
$5.00/mo for billing.  I've looked for additional ram, but no luck so far. 
Also, I'm not sure it's a good idea to spend any money upgrading that computer.

Can anybody suggest a suitable ISP?
Thanks, Jim, w6ivw 


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