On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 07:44:25 -0400, "BFoelsch"
wrote:

How old is "older," without being "junk"?

"Amigaman" wrote in message
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Greetings all!...I have some ham stuff to trade for older laptops,
"Even- Steven"?...please no junk....tnx & 73's....tony...WA9YOZ

If you cannot readily get software which will run on it, it gets a lot
less useful. Current software will not run on any computer before a
certain level. Many machines get tossed because of this.

If it does not have USB ports and the ability to run 98SE or later,
you lose the use of USB peripherals.

Drivers for newer deviceswill be an issue as well.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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