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if any of you folks need a new pc, here is a very good deal..
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omitting the word "new" is more accurate. I have purchased several refurbished Dell box PC's with great success. $300 is a great price to pay for this PC.
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If you buy it, it's "new" to you.
Vince - K8ZW.
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On 08/01/2018 10:57 AM, Terry Morris wrote: omitting the word "new" is more accurate. I have purchased several
refurbished Dell box PC's with great success. $300 is a great price to
pay for this PC.
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It's warranted as new, so it is new.
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Vince Vielhaber Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2018 9:39 AM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [BITX20] need a new pc ?? If you buy it, it's "new" to you. Vince - K8ZW. On 08/01/2018 10:57 AM, Terry Morris wrote: omitting the word "new" is more accurate. I have purchased several
refurbished Dell box PC's with great success. $300 is a great price to
pay for this PC.
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The problem with English is some people interpret a word differently that another person. When I read or new I presume that it has never been used. Refurbished to resold is not new whether the person buying has never had an item before or not. Some people, I guess, like to pick at stupid little things. Terry - KB8AMZ Brimfield Twp, OH USA EN91hd Linux User# 412308, Ubuntu User# 34905,?PCARS#78, NAQCC#6668, QRP-ARCI#8855, SKCC#14195
On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 12:39 PM Vince Vielhaber < vev@...> wrote: If you buy it, it's "new" to you.
Vince - K8ZW.
On 08/01/2018 10:57 AM, Terry Morris wrote:
> omitting the word "new" is more accurate. I have purchased several
> refurbished Dell box PC's with great success. $300 is a great price to
> pay for this PC.
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Actually, no where on Tiger Direct web page does it indicate that these refurbished computers are warranted as new. Customers may purchase an extended warranty for an additional cost. Even if it was warranted as new the hardware is not new.? Terry - KB8AMZ Brimfield Twp, OH USA EN91hd Linux User# 412308, Ubuntu User# 34905,?PCARS#78, NAQCC#6668, QRP-ARCI#8855, SKCC#14195
It's warranted as new, so it is new.
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Vince Vielhaber
Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2018 9:39 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [BITX20] need a new pc ??
If you buy it, it's "new" to you.
Vince - K8ZW.
On 08/01/2018 10:57 AM, Terry Morris wrote:
> omitting the word "new" is more accurate. I have purchased several
> refurbished Dell box PC's with great success. $300 is a great price to
> pay for this PC.
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While I rarely buy a new PC a refurb is fine.? No I don't by the stupid warranty.
Why do they work for me...? Any fault that is infant mortality is been excised.
Usually its a OS or DISK failure.? so they are refreshed or available without
the OS or one of my choice (not winders).
Cheap is good, as any pc you can buy is already obsolete and their lifespan
is not all that great.?
Often I just by a ITX with my choice of ram and CPU board and replace the
stuff the box I have. disks I have 300gb and terabyte pulls but am moving
to solidstate.??
Heck my PDP11/23B still boots and runs unix doing useful non graphic work
after 38 years why can't a PC after 4 or 5?
Allison
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I just bought a refurbished HP on Amazon. 3.4G processor, 8G of memory and a 500G hard drive. $230. The kid next door is putting Windows -7 on it.
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Last one I bought was $10.  --
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You paid too much,? I picked it up for
$5. Not sure what to do with it, and it needs special mating
cables to use it. If you have an interesting project for it that
can't be done with an Arduino, I'd like to hear about it. Maybe we
should be paying zero for the 0?
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Last one I bought was $10.
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With an appropriate license, of course?
On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 8:13 PM, John P <j.m.price@...> wrote: I just bought a refurbished HP on Amazon. 3.4G processor, 8G of memory and a 500G hard drive. $230. The kid next door is putting Windows -7 on it.
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On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 07:49 PM, Howard Fidel wrote:
I picked it up for $5. Not sure what to do with it, and it needs special mating cables to use it.
That's why I paid $10 and got it with onboard wifi. I run it headless via PuTTY or VNC. ? ? --
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Here is an interesting library that lets you control the Raspberry Pi GPIO pins with much the same simplicity as the Arduino I/O library.
Tom, wb6b
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On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 07:49 PM, Howard Fidel wrote:
If you have an interesting project for it that can't be done with an Arduino, I'd like to hear about it.
I missed responding to that part of your post.? I am currently running it as a WSPR beacon in my detached garage.? I am using the shield from TAPR.? I can remote into the ZeroW with my phone via VNC and maintain control.? The RF used to knock out the wifi but I separated the shield with jumper wires and it works fine.? I am not saying you couldn't run WSPR from an Arduino, but I think you'd be hard pressed to get the same functionality for $10. ? --
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On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 10:44 PM, Doug W wrote:
I am not saying you couldn't run WSPR from an Arduino, but I think you'd be hard pressed to get the same functionality for $10.
Just to clarify I am comparing the Pi for $10 with an Arduino, you still need to add the cost of the shield but even without the shield you'd need at least an LPF either way and the shield gives you a LPF, BPF, and a buffer amp. ? --
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Have you posted the design? It sounds
interesting.
Howard
On 8/7/2018 11:44 PM, Doug W wrote:
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On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 07:49 PM, Howard Fidel wrote:
If you have an interesting project for it that can't
be done with an Arduino, I'd like to hear about it.
I missed responding to that part of your post.? I am currently
running it as a WSPR beacon in my detached garage.? I am using the
shield from TAPR.? I can remote into the ZeroW with my phone via
VNC and maintain control.? The RF used to knock out the wifi but I
separated the shield with jumper wires and it works fine.? I am
not saying you couldn't run WSPR from an Arduino, but I think
you'd be hard pressed to get the same functionality for $10.
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On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 09:20 AM, Howard Fidel wrote:
Have you posted the design? It sounds interesting.
I bought the shield assembled from TAPR about 2-1/2 years ago.? Lots of plans online to roll your own but at the time my junk box was lacking.? I was originally running it on a Pi3 but switched to the ZeroW when it came out to free up the 3 for other things.? Software at ? Using the same setup for several other modes are detailed in the doc on the TAPR site.? Running with a random wire hanging on a wall in my garage that I eyeballed to be close to a have wave I have been very pleased.? It's been picked up as far away as ZL. ? --
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