[Ham-Computers] What ISP for an Old Computer

Jimmie Powell jpowell at cwnet.com
Sun Oct 17 16:23:24 EDT 2004


Jim;
I have some old memory chips that were removed from an early 286, what are
you looking for? maybe I can match up something for you.
Jim Powell
WA6FGZ

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Jim Hill
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 10:14 AM
> To: Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications, or
> experimenting
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] What ISP for an Old Computer
>
>
> To the person who offered to donate an old computer - thanks; a
> really nice
> gesture. Could you contact me again?  I lost your email.
> Jim
>
>
> At 05:46 PM 10/5/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> >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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