Hello All,

>>What if the backplane or processor board is fried?   Now
>>what have you got?  We bought a system on eBay and it wasn't a good value.

I have had good luck with the hobbyist machines I have bought off of eBay..
One of my e-class boxes came out of a coal mine and runs great for the total
cost of 65$ including shipping (that is it runs great when it is not too
warm in my office to power them up:), but as you pointed out YMWV (Your
Mileage Will Very).  I have bought 5 computers so far off of eBay and only
had to return one for DOA replacement (a positive experience in the end).
eBay been a great resource for cheep Linux hardware as well as cheep Unix
hardware.  I also think in the future it may be a good source for some of
those rare parts our 3000 homesteaders are going to need to keep the boat a
float, keeping in mind that you are actually paying pennies on the dollar
for this hardware and sometimes you get what you pay for.

Regards,
  James Hofmeister

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