Somebody stop me from bidding on this Onsale item.

I Find Karma (adam@cs.caltech.edu)
Mon, 9 Sep 96 01:16:40 PDT


Will someone from this list please sneak into my browser
and install a PICS rating of ("Adam is not allowed to visit
Onsale anymore") to anything at www.onsale.com so I'm not
tempted to put in bids for things like the item below?
Thank you in advance,
Adam

http://www.onsale.com/category/inv/00012099.htm

Auction closes at or after Tue Sep 10, 1996 9:00 am PDT .
Sales Format: Yankee Auction(TM)

Last Bid occurred at Sun Sep 8, 1996 9:25 pm PDT.

The current high bidders are:
NA of Montreal, PQ, Fri Sep 6, 6:01 pm ($1,500.00, 1)
ST of New Paltz, NY, Sun Sep 8, 9:21 am ($1,350.00, 2)
AB of Jacksonville, FL, Sun Sep 8, 9:02 am ($1,350.00, 1)
MC of Baton Rouge, LA, Sun Sep 8, 6:25 pm ($1,350.00, 1)
CN of Scarborough, ON, Sun Sep 8, 9:25 pm ($1,350.00, 1)

Item #4023.

NEW!!! 166MHZ Pentium Power System 32MB/2.5GB HD

This system comes fully assembled, tested and burned-in. All you need to
provide is a monitor.

CPU: Intel Pentium(R) 166MHZ Processor w/Heatsink and Fan
Cache: 512KB Cache Pipeline Burst (COAST) "Cache On A Stick"
Case: Minitower (2 - 5.25" and 3 - 3.5" Bays) 200 Watt Power Supply
Floppy: 1.44 MB Mitsumi
Main Memory: 32MB EDO RAM 60NS
Graphics Controller: 64-bit PCI Local Bus Graphics Trident
Hard Drive: 2.5 Gigabtye Western Digital 32500

Ports:

PCI HARD DRIVE CONTROLLER ON BOARD (4 HARD DRIVES)
PCI FLOPPY DRIVE CONTROLLER ON BOARD (2 DRIVES)
2 SERIAL PORTS(UART 16550), 1 PARALLEL PORT (BI-DIRECTIONAL)
Keyboard: 104 Key
Mouse: 3 Button

Note: MONITOR IS NOT INCLUDED.

MotherBoard Specifications:

INTEL TRITON III CHIPSET (SV82437VX)
AWARD PLUG AND PLAY BIOS
PCI ARCHITECTURE (3-PCI/4-ISA SLOTS)
321 PIN ZIF SOCKET
SUPPORTS INTEL PENTIUM P90-200MHZ CPU
SUPPORTS AMD K5 CPU
SUPPORTS CYRIX 6X86 CPU
TRIDENT 9680 CHIP
MPEG SOFTWARE

Hard Drive Specifications:

WDAC32500
2559 MB (2.5 GB)
DMA and Block Mode Support
6.6 MB/s Mode 4 PIO
16.6 MB/s Mode 2 multi-word DMA
Logical Block Addressing
128 KB CacheFlow4 Buffer
Sub 12 ms Access Time
300,000 Power On Hours MTBF
ISA, VESA VL or PCI Local Bus
5200 RPM

Video Card Specifications:

2MB
PCI 64 BIT BUS
TRIDENT 9680 CHIP
MPEG SOFTWARE

Warranty

This item comes with a 1 year warranty.

Sales Tax

Sales tax will be charged to all VA residents.

Shipping:

Domestic (US) Shipping Charge: approximate UPS Ground rate

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