Win 2k for Compaq AP550

[silicono2-at-yahoo.com]

Hello everyone,
I've seen a Compq AP550 workstation on sale (it's real old but it's
not likely to get any bids, and starting price is next to nothing):

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=310131140254

I'd like to give it a go. Only problem is, according to Compaq's
manual the AP550 seems to require some proprietary Win2k drivers that
aren't downloadable anymore:

http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01123932/c01123932.pdf

Does anyone know if Compaq workstations often needed proprietary
drivers? Thanks for all help,

Seb

 

[silicono2-at-yahoo.com]

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I wonder though, if the system is worth spending time on.
The case, if it accepts a standard atx motherboard, might be
a good value by itself but for not much money a newer board,
cpu, memory would be an upgrade.  

Well after a bit of consideration I guess not for several reasons, so
I'll pass it up (for one thing dual processors don't make a huge
difference unless you multitask a lot). Thanks for the tips anyway.