[rescue] The best 'rescue' workstation

[Atom]

Phil Stracchino wrote:

>Atom wrote:
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>>Phil Stracchino wrote:
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>>>Aaron Finley wrote:
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>>>>Not here. For example, a Pentium II tower is $300, along with a
>>>>for-parts Quadra 950 for $275. I've never seen any unix machines. Only
>>>>good find I ever had at surplus was a Tektronix Phaser 850 for $99.
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>>>*Sweet.*  The 850 is laser, not thermal-wax, right?
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>>Phaser 850 is wax...
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>Oh.  Bleh ...  I musta been thinking of one of the other 800-series.
>860 maybe?  870?  My experience of the thermal-wax printers, based on a
>Phaser 340, is that they're capable of sucking a donkey through a
>.040-guage needle.
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There's not 870 iirc. There is a 8200.
840/850/860 are all Wax.

860 is very efficient. We have one at the office and it rulez. Not good 
for home use but in an office environment they are pretty kicking.

-- Thomas