Altair Fan

[John Foust]

At 04:29 PM 6/19/2005, Tony Duell wrote:
>The exrta costs, over the cost of the PC, are things like the broadband 
>connection (I am not going to try to download a 10Mbyte file with a 14k4 
>modem...), the equipment to maintain and repair the PC (things like a BGA 
>rework station, a faster 'scope and logic analyser than the ones I 
>already have, etc), and, of course, a house extension to put said PC in.

There's no need to repair the hardware of a PC.  If you're as 
frugal as you indicate, and can leave the house to rub shoulders
with other computer users, you will find an unending stream of
cast-off free-or-nearly-so PCs from three PC generations 
(four-five years) ago.  As for the price of digital information: 
it's about time, it's about space.

If you want to continue the frugal theme, doesn't your public
library offer free high-speed Internet access?

- John