Hello,

Wonder if I can ask for any advice or experiences with the following
system that has been offered to me for about 150 dollars sans
monitor.

Mobo: MB748LMRT, I think the brand is Xcel 2000, system chips
are SiS 620 by pcchips. It has a 300 MHz celeron in the slot 1 and
also a 370 socket (not real sure about the terms, etc. here so bear
with me). From searching the web, it seems that this will hold up to a
PIII at 500. Any idea how much this processer should cost used?

It comes with 32 MB memory, 8 of which is shared for onboard
video. That'll probably have to go up to at least 64, no? Seems to
have a decent sound system but the onboard modem seems to be
fried. It has a modem card in it but was not configured (or doesn't
work) when I looked it over briefly.

The HD is a 3.2 GB fujitsu. Win98SE is installed and loads slowly -
probably memory related? Perhaps putting Win95 on it would be
better.

I'm looking for something cheap for the kids to play with and basic
inet connection and easy sorts of stuff, etc. I'm willing to work out a
few kinks but what I don't
want is a can of worms or continual time-draining headaches in
keeping
it running.

What do you suggest?

Thanks in advance,
Eric

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