On Wednesday May 12 2004 9:49 pm,
plug-discuss-request@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us wrote:
*v*Subject: Re: Installfest, last Saturday of the month, 10:00
*v*From: Dean McCarron <
dmp@unionofopposites.com>
*v*To:
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
*v*Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 21:17:40 -0700
*v*Reply-To:
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
*v*
*v*Hello all -
*v*
*v*I've been lurking on the list archives for a while and the
*v*installfest posts motivated me to join.
*v*
*v*Part of my business involves researching PC hardware, so I
*v*either get free demo units or purchase a lot of it, never to
*v*be used again after testing. So much that it turns into a
*v*storage problem. About once a year I give it all away and
*v*the installfest looks like a good forum for this.
*v*(In case you're wondering why I don't sell it, it's because
*v*it 1) takes WAY too much time and 2) selling "free" hardware
*v*I get just doens't seem right to me.)
*v*
*v*I've got six Intel 810-based semi-small-form factor PCs
*v*(mostly 1 GHz Celerons, I think one is a P3-800) with
*v*hard disks and RAM, and most have CDs or CDRWs. A couple
*v*are a bit noisy, and two are brand new. (These weren't
*v*demos but were in-use systems at my business.) One's a donor
*v*candidate by the sound of the power supply and missing
*v*drive bay cover. They're all legacy reduced which means
*v*they can't take floppies and MUST use USB peripherals --
*v*a USB keyboard will be needed to configure these and
*v*none come with the PCs.
*v*
*v*I also have a bit more than a dozen motherboards, most
*v*already with CPUs and some with RAM, and probably another
*v*half-dozen uninstalled CPUs, as well as about a dozen sticks
*v*of various flavors of DDR. They span the gamut from 1GHz
*v*Celerons to (I think) P4 2.8 GHz, and i810 chip sets to
*v*845, along with a few SIS and VIA and Nvidia Nforce boards.
*v*
*v*About a quarter of the stuff is true "eval" product, marked
*v*engineering sample or "secret," but it's all totally
*v*functional (they don't send stuff that doesn't work to me.)
*v*And it's no longer "secret" since it's stuff that's
*v*already shipping.
*v*
*v*I've also got tons of AGP graphics cards -- probably upwards
*v*of 20, along with a few PCI cards. They're mostly two generation
*v*old products (Nvidia Geforce 2/3/4, ATI 8500, etc.) A
*v*couple are still new in shrink-wrapped boxes.
*v*
*v*I want to get rid of all this -- the only catch is --
*v*I want to get rid of *ALL* of this, i.e. I don't want to bring
*v*anything back with me. If one or more folks can agree to
*v*take it/find good homes/forward to the proper donation
*v*candidates (my preference being students), I'd love to
*v*provide this pile of free hardware to the local linux
*v*community. I'm also free to help with linux installs for
*v*a while -- but I'm a slackware fan, so if you don't
*v*configure it with a text file under vi I'll probably
*v*be lost.
*v*
*v*Any takers?
*v*
Dean,
I can take all your giveaways as the company I work for is doing charity work
for kids through the Boys and Girls club it's called 'KidPuters' and I'm sure
they can put most if not all of it to real good use.
Please email me off list and we can make arrangements to get these off your
hands.
Thank you.
--
Augie Grayfox
grayfox78 at cox dot net
"When things go wrong, don't go with them" Anonymous
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