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    From thatonechap@FREEWAY to All on Mon Feb 25 10:30:00 2019
    Does anyone know of a good way to get a hold of an old windows 95 laptop or
    an old terminal computer that runs ms-dos? I looked on Amazon for a little
    bit and couldn't find either one. Any help is appreciated.
    (BTW, I don't necessarily need an online link or anything, just telling me
    how to go about finding one is appreciated too.)

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  • From px@FREEWAY to thatonechap on Mon Feb 25 10:47:00 2019
    I would check craigslist, or if there are any computer surplus stores within a reasonable drive, give them a ring to see what they have.

    Does anyone know of a good way to get a hold of an old windows 95 laptop or an old terminal computer that runs ms-dos? I looked on Amazon for a little bit and couldn't find either one. Any help is appreciated.

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  • From Havok@FREEWAY to px on Mon Feb 25 16:24:00 2019
    Does anyone know of a good way to get a hold of an old windows 95 lap or an old terminal computer that runs ms-dos? I looked on Amazon for little bit and couldn't find either one. Any help is appreciated.

    I would also check on facebook their are a couple sites that sell only old computers and parts. I just did a search and 5 or more showed up.


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  • From Bucko@FREEWAY to thatonechap on Mon Feb 25 18:24:00 2019
    eBay is always a great place to find stuff.. I get all of my i3's for less
    then $50 each!

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  • From Halcy0n@FREEWAY to thatonechap on Mon Feb 25 22:25:00 2019
    On 25 Feb 2019, thatonechap said the following...

    Does anyone know of a good way to get a hold of an old windows 95 laptop or an old terminal computer that runs ms-dos? I looked on Amazon for a little bit and couldn't find either one. Any help is appreciated.
    (BTW, I don't necessarily need an online link or anything, just telling
    me how to go about finding one is appreciated too.)

    Everyone has pretty much covered all the bases: Craigslist, Facebook, eBay.
    You could also try local pawn shops but honestly an MS-DOS laptop would be
    old enough that they would have probably gotten rid of it by now.

    I have an old IBM Thinkpad iSeries 1400 sitting next to me that I'm trying to figure out why the LCD won't turn on. Was helping Dad cleaning out his
    basement and found it laying in a box, lol. Especially on Laptops, be ready
    for lots of hardware failure issues :P.

    And unless you just really want the physical hardware, there's always DosBox and VM options for DOS and Win95 if you just want that experience. I would recommend picking up one of the many, now legendary, IBM Thinkpads of that
    era if you really want the hardware, though. None of that Lenovo trash ;).

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  • From Carlsr@FREEWAY to All on Tue Feb 26 03:38:00 2019
    I have a Pentium 2 laying around that would run at least 98/DOS, i'm not sure if 95 ran on the P2 or not although i can't think of any reason off head why it
    wouldnt. Thing is a heavy beast though to ship, if you want to make an offer let me know.


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  • From Bucko@FREEWAY to Carlsr on Tue Feb 26 19:07:00 2019
    One other place you can try and it shocked me.. Salvation Army. They sell computers! I have been watching them for Commodore stuff...

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  • From Vk3jed@FREEWAY to Carlsr on Wed Feb 27 13:03:00 2019
    On 02-26-19 03:38, Carlsr wrote to All <=-

    I have a Pentium 2 laying around that would run at least 98/DOS, i'm
    not sure if 95 ran on the P2 or not although i can't think of any
    reason off head why it
    wouldnt. Thing is a heavy beast though to ship, if you want to make an offer let me know.

    Windows 98 should run reasonably well on it. I don't see any problems, providing you can find the drivers for the specific hardware.


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  • From NuSkooler@FREEWAY to thatonechap on Tue Feb 26 19:14:00 2019
    Twas Monday, February 25th when thatonechap said...
    Does anyone know of a good way to get a hold of an old windows 95 laptop or an old terminal computer that runs ms-dos? I looked on Amazon for a little bit and couldn't find either one. Any help is appreciated. (BTW, I don't necessarily need an online link or anything, just telling me how to go about finding one is appreciated too.)

    To re-(re,re,re?)iterate what others have said, eBay and FB are great resources. FB in particular generally has "garage sale" type groups for your area, and there are some specific reto computing buy/sell groups that (usually)
    have lower prices than eBay.



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  • From K-Guide@FREEWAY to Vk3jed on Tue Feb 26 20:09:00 2019
    Here is an idea. Not sure if it would work. But try posting a message at your
    local self storage, that your looking to pickup and old computer. I know that
    from time to time I have seem messages like that posted in our self storage are for like Table and Chair sets, etc... Mostly like they are trying to get rid of them. BUT.... I may work the other way around...

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  • From Vk3jed@FREEWAY to K-Guide on Wed Feb 27 20:10:00 2019
    On 02-26-19 20:09, K-Guide wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    Here is an idea. Not sure if it would work. But try posting a message
    at your
    local self storage, that your looking to pickup and old computer. I
    know that
    from time to time I have seem messages like that posted in our self storage are for like Table and Chair sets, etc... Mostly like they are trying to get rid of them. BUT.... I may work the other way around...

    Should have directed that to the OP, but yeah, worth a shot.


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