Does anyone have an old 386/486 laptop for me?

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Oguz Meteer

Hello,

I'm developing a simple OS and i would like to have a dedicated machine
for testing purposes so i was wondering if someone has an old 386/486
laptop that they don't want anymore. A senior at my faculty advised me
to ask it here so i hope that someone can help me :)

Greetz,

Oguz
 
Oguz Meteer said:
Hello,

I'm developing a simple OS and i would like to have a dedicated machine
for testing purposes so i was wondering if someone has an old 386/486
laptop that they don't want anymore. A senior at my faculty advised me to
ask it here so i hope that someone can help me :)
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You're best bet for something like that is ebay! Open ebay and search for
item number 250106289255. Or just search ebay for 486 and narrow the search
down to computers using the "matching categories" section on the left.
 
Oguz said:
I'm developing a simple OS and i would like to have a dedicated machine
for testing purposes so i was wondering if someone has an old 386/486
laptop that they don't want anymore. A senior at my faculty advised me
to ask it here so i hope that someone can help me :)
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Cruise your neighborhood on garbage day to find old systems for free.
 
Some of my cheapskate friends buy old hardware at the monthly county auction. Flea markets are another good source.
 
Mike said:
Some of my cheapskate friends buy old hardware at the monthly
county auction. Flea markets are another good source.
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Please control line length. They should not exceed 72 chars.

Please do not top-post. Your answer belongs after (or intermixed
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Too bad if your client is broken. It should automatically wrap at the right
margin.
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No it should not. That would mangle text (web links, for
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The solution is clear. As with any other medium, the author
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Hello,

I'm developing a simple OS and i would like to have a dedicated machine
for testing purposes so i was wondering if someone has an old 386/486
laptop that they don't want anymore. A senior at my faculty advised me
to ask it here so i hope that someone can help me :)

Greetz,

Oguz
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The thing to watch out for is that virtually every laptop that old has
a dead cmos battery. And of course, a dead main battery, at least one
of which is nearly impossible to find a replacement for. Consider it a
fact of life.
 
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