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Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) JohnQPyro Profile Someone named FRED actually offered something useful to the board. In the eBay Section I ran across this http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=alinks&Post=299&Idle=0&Sort=0&Order=Descend&Page=0&Session=johnqpyro.99899219088865 After getting it via UPS, and Fired it up and found it to be a Flavor of Linux w/ Netscape, and Citrix for Linux already Installed. I connected it to my home network, and right out of the box was on the net. Cracked it open and installed a 4gig Laptop HD and enabled the IDE Port in the Bios (Hit DEL). Booted to Win98 no Problem. Has a Full Range of ports on the back including Ethernet,Audio, Printer, Usb and 2 serial ports.(I'm thinking Emulator). It cam Brand New in the Box w/ Keyboard and Mouse. Running at only 180mhz its not zippy, but what do you want for $50 I got mine for $39.00 + shipping, but they sell them direct from there website for $50 http://www.dyna-comp.com/html/cpd/jnc205.html (No I DON'T work for them) I just think it's a good deal.... I found Win95/98 Drivers for the WinNET 5BLIP Motherboard here http://www.bcom.com.tw/documentation.htm See the first link for the original eBay listing, I am hoping they will auction more for $39 Good Luck, JohnQPyro 08-28-2001 03:28:45

RE:Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) laserfan Profile Of course they are "sold out" already--did one of youse guys buy them out? Found them on a couple of other sites for $700!!! 08-28-2001 10:36:10

RE:Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) JohnQPyro Profile OUCH !!! $700 It was'nt sold out when i posted last night, Hmmm... Maybe they were but just not noted on there website. I Personally will keep my eyes peeled on eBay for the again, and will post here if I see them. Last time they has 66 available. Good Luck, JohnQPyro 08-28-2001 15:18:49

RE:Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) nuc134r_m4n Profile | Email i ordered one as well from ebay. the final price was about 51 usd. i will install a 4gb laptop hard drive when i receive the thin client. also, i will try to install a 10T nic using the isa port. hope it will make a nice small web server and router. nuc134r m4n 08-28-2001 19:24:08

RE:Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) JohnQPyro Profile nuc134r_m4n Installing a NIC is'nt nessesary, the BocaVision JNC205 has one intergrated on the motherboard. I finally found a way to use my Warplink Wireless Networking Adapters. Since I use Win2K we all know how they Don't work. I have installed Win98se and am using it just to server my Network. Works Great Good Luck, JohnQPyro 08-29-2001 10:32:31

RE:Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) nuc134r_m4n Profile | Email @JohnQPyro i need a second nic as i want to run it as a router. one nic plugs into my home network, the second one plugs into the cable modem. i dont have wireless yet, so i dont have any other alternative *g* greetings, nuc134r m4n 08-29-2001 12:43:52

RE:Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) preacher Profile | Email nuc134r_m4n Did you ever find a NIC that worked for your server/router combo? If so, how do you like it? 09-26-2001 08:10:38

RE:Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) scootertechno Profile :( Damn they are sold out OF COURSE. I was going to use it as a router as well, for now I use a 486 running BBIAgent can be obtained from http://www.bbiagent.net in case somebody does not know about it. Its preety cool dont even need a HD. 09-26-2001 10:06:54

RE:Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) AudreyLover Profile | Email How about this baby as an alternative. I need feedback to make major purchasing decision (mailto:me@lonnypaul.com) (CROSS POSTING) What type of demand would there be for a sub $40 eMachines MSN Companion (it doesn not have a display, however built in VGA). I need to know..... yes, it's like another Audrey deal. They are smaller than most 3Com cable modems! Here's the specs: National Geode 200 MHz e-Mail, Power, and Connected light indicators on front 32 MB SDRAM 1MB Shared SDRAM (800x600) 16 MB Flash Memory 56K* ITU V.90 Hardware Modem Full-size eBoard keyboard; USB Wheel Mouse HTML, Java Script, Java VM, Macromedia Flash, ActiveX Controls, Microsoft Windows Media Player-MP3, Windows Audio, and Streaming Video 1 VGA 15-pin D-sub type connector; 2 USB ports for mouse and printer; 1 PS/2 keyboard connector; 1 RJ11 phone/modem jack; External power connector Microsoft Windows CE 2.12, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 09-26-2001 10:25:31

RE:Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) JohnQPyro Profile AudreyLover I missed an auction on eBay for one of these. It went for 16.50 ASArrGGhh!!!! They looked like they might work well for this application. Where can you get them, and whats the pricing for them ? Thanks JohnQ 09-26-2001 11:16:52

RE:Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) laserfan Profile I think lonnypaul is from TigerDirect... 09-26-2001 12:14:03

RE:Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) AudreyLover Profile | Email Like it's a secret? 09-26-2001 14:47:51

RE:Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) nuc134r_m4n Profile | Email no, i havent installed the second network card yet. i have a problem with the ram (i think). the installed linux booted up only once, then it always screwed up. i tried to do alot to get it running again, but then gave up and installed a laptop hard drive. slackware setup did not work. mandrake setup did not work. windows setup worked upto a point, but i couldnt boot to windows. there was randomly either a bluescreen after the windows logo or a protection fault during plug 'n play detection. also, i noted random pixels appeared when the windoze logo showed up. the only explanation for me is a ram failure as the video ram is inside of the main ram, that would also explain my random installation difficulties. i have tried to switch the two ram modules without luck. i need to get some replacement modules, but i dont have time for that right now. i am wondering if anybody else had the same problem.... nuc134r m4n 10-06-2001 19:51:11

RE:Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) scootertechno Profile Try Running a dos/windows independant memory test, that is built into SUSE LINUX for example and try running SUSE alltogether, also I've never heard of of VIDEO memory being inside of Regular MEMORY shared memory yes that I can see. But in either case try running the memory test see what it comes up with, if it fails then we have a problem. 10-06-2001 22:17:21

RE:Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) nuc134r_m4n Profile | Email oh, now that u say it: i forgot to mention that i have tried memtest from dos and it worked without any failures. that's what is wondering me the most! i still believe it is some kind of memory failure, maybe the chipset is malfunctioning or something. but its really strange! nuc134r m4n 10-09-2001 17:57:55

RE:Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) preacher Profile | Email Closet cleaning time. I have one of the JNC205's that I have never gotten around to hacking if anyone is interested. Brand new, still in box. These work very well as a stand-alone machine (car MP3), but I don't need 2, so 1 has to go. If interested, email me at techgadgetaddict AT yahoo DOT com. Sorry about the post in the wrong place, but this thread talks about these thin clients specifically... -- preacher 12-04-2001 07:45:22

RE:Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) preacher Profile | Email Oops. Sorry about the email addy. Typed too fast and opened this on email for this sale. Email gadgetaddict AT yahoo DOT com if interested. Thanks again! -- preacher 12-04-2001 08:06:32

RE:Great CHEAP PC Alternative (modified 0 times) JohnQPyro Profile Preacher, Yes I am interested. Email me at jqp at pclv dot com Thanks JohnQ 12-04-2001 12:19:12

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