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RE: [ADVERT] Free Stuff :-)



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> I'm having an early spring clear-out and have the following to offer.
> All items are free but you must come and pick up from the Hindhead
> area of Surrey (can arrange a meet-up reasonably local though, so
> Woking, Farnborough, Guildford, Leatherhead, Liphook, etc.).
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> I can do pictures if needed, and any questions please send OFF LIST.
> If no takers then they'll go onto freecycle at the end of the week.
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> Happy browsing :-)
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> Tim.
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> -----
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> Compaq Prolinea 5100M + monitor
> A computer base unit on offer, but please read the following before
> asking for it.
> This is an OLD computer - a Pentium 90 I think. If you're intending to
> run Windows 2000/XP/Vista then forget it, it's *way* too old for
> that!!
> It has Windows 3.11 installed and has never been connected to the
> internet. It has no USB ports and no optical (CD/DVD) drive. Query
> network card??
> I wouldn't recommend this for someone starting out with PCs but it
> might be good as a basis of a file server with Linux (or FreeNAS run
> from a floppy disk) and a hard drive controller card etc.
> It's never really been used so is in excellent condition and very
clean.
> Comes with keyboard, mouse & 15"" monitor included - all
to go as one lot=
.
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> Toshiba 3200M Computer
> Received from another freecycler for parts but now surplus to
> requirements.
> It has NO hard drive or operating system.
> It's a Pentium III machine with 128MB RAM & 1x DVD ROM & 1x CD
drive,
> USB, network & dial-up modem.
> A very tidy little machine :-)
> No monitor/keyboard/mouse included.
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> Computer tower case, stripped
> A full-size tower case largely stripped of parts. I received this from
> another freecycler for a project but never got around to it.
> It has 4 external / 5=BC"" drive bays, a number (6/7?) of
internal 3=BD""
> drive bays and two front USB ports.
> Included is an AMD-based motherboard (xxxx) but this is believed to be
> FAULTY.
> Also included are various cables and a floppy drive (condition
unknown).
> There is no hard drive or power supply.
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> Sony VTX-100 Analogue TV Tuner =96 Working
> A standalone tuner for TVs, like an older, larger version of a modern
> Freeview box.
> Note that this is an ANALOGUE tuner and will not receive Freeview
> channels.
> It worked last time I used it so I assume it is UK PAL.
> Other than that I=92ve got very little information on it, and no
manual.
> I don=92t have the IR remote either.
> It was rescued from a company boardroom system and while originally
> was IR-controlled, the sensor has been replaced with a DIN plug on a
> fly lead out the back so is now a wired system. The UK 3-pin plug has
> also been replaced with a kettle-type socket (now requires a regular
> PC power lead to feed it).
> Video-out is composite via BNC and what appears to be S-video on
> =93full-size=94 DIN. The unit also outputs stereo audio and has a
> headphone socket.
> The unit is in good cosmetic condition, from a smoke-free home
etc."
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> Toshiba VideoPlus VCR =96 FAULTY
> Was never the same after a power cut / brown-out. It can't seem to
> hold the picture properly so maybe still repairable? Remote included
> if I can find it.
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> 3 computer keyboards - In computer "beige". Two with PS/2
connectors,
> one with an AT connector.
> 3x serial mice: Two complete and one missing the ball and hole cover.
> 1x PS/2: Beige IBM two-button wheel mouse, as-new.
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> A/B switch boxThe type of thing used to share a printer between two
> computers.
> Two 25-way D connector inputs and one 25-way D connector output.
> Blue/black. Don't know if its serial or parallel.
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> Windows 95 OS CDs
> 10x sealed CDs for intallation of Windows 95.
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> Commercial ceiling lights
> Normally found in offices these are about 2ft square with 4 short
> fluoro tubes inside and intended to be recessed into a false ceiling.
> No idea whether they work - yet another
""project"" I've not got
> around to sorting=85
> They don't include the front grilles so maybe useful as loft lights?
> (that's where I was going to put them)



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