@Kwag,
I used EBay and searched for "Dell parts" under Laptops. I bought a
base (just has some memory, cpu, keyboard, monitor). The missing
hard drive, cd rom, battery eliminator, etc. I got from other parts
sales. I combine these with the base computer and the whole
system cost me about $130 including shipping. It's a Dell Inspiron 3200
PII 266mhz, 96mb ram, display 13.1", hard drive 2.6GB,16X cd rom,
battery eliminator, etc. I used Win 98SE as the OS and Zoomplayer to
play KVCDx3 (instead of KVCD-LBR) backups.
Thanks
-black prince