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Re: Buying practice system?

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From: Marxman
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 00:00
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In article <36a0b7f7.0@news3.ibm.net>, nospam@nospam.nospam says...
> If you're putting this together to go after mcse, then you'd do better to go
> down to your local liquidator or computer show and pick up four 486 or
> low-spec Pentium machines.  To do _all_ the exercises in the MCSE training
> you need four boxes (W9x workstation, NT workstation, NT Server, Novell
> server--you can get a 3-user Netware 5 for $18.00, so don't let this last
> throw you) and none of these should be the machine that you use to do useful
> work.  The local liquidator has IBM 486 machines for about 80 bucks and IBM
> and Compaq Pentium machines for about 200.  Add a keyboard, monitor,
> switchbox, CD-ROM drives, and some network cards and cable, and you're
> there, for maybe $1400 total.
> 
> If you're going to build a box, then go over to Microsoft's site and check
> the NT Server compatibility list before you buy _anything_.
> 
> Also, make sure that your "any ol' hard drive" is big enough to hold the
> pieces you need.  500 meg would be good, a gig would be better.
> 
> --
> 
> --
> 
Greetings Nate,

Where does on aquire a three node license from NOvell?
Please post any info as i'm running two nt boxes studying 
for my mcse40.track

marxman


> --John
> 
> Reply to jclarke at eye bee em dot net
> Nathan Emerson <Nate@Eisle.com> wrote in message
> news:369cbc2f.0@news1.ibm.net...
> >I'm about to buy the parts for a 2nd system in order to practice
> networking.
> >I thought I'd check in with the experts before I take the plunge.  This is
> >the plan:
> >    300A Celeron--Overclocked to 450
> >    Abit BH6 Mboard
> >    64 100Sdram
> >    Any ol' hard drive
> >
> >Any advice, before I start looking for the lowest price per part?
> >
> >Nate
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
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From: marxman@symetsys.com (Marxman)
Subject: Re: Buying practice system?
Date: 1999/01/23
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