[wplug] [Fwd: Hardware Donation]

[Michael P. O'Connor]

If you are looking for a charity you can always donate the computers to
my church (First Trinity, http://www.FirstTrinity.net) you can mail me
privately for more information.  

On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 23:26, Brian A. Seklecki wrote:
> All:
> 
> Obviously I wasn't able to make it to this installfest.  I had to attend
> another open source community event that conflicted.  However, this
> hardware is still available and I'd like to get it into the community.  
> 
> My roommate however is planning on donating it to a local charitable
> organization.  He'll probably somehow accomplish that before the next
> installfest.  Therefore, this is a standing offer for anyone to "pick
> up" anything on the list.  I can coordinate a time.
> 
> If you're interested, drop me a line (see CC:, To:).
> 
> ~BAS
> 
> PS: If anyone with sufficient transportation to move all of it
> temporarily from my residence and hold onto it for the next installfest
> is interested in doing so, I can make it worth your while.
> 
> -----Forwarded Message-----
> From: Brian A. Seklecki <lavalamp at spiritual-machines.org>
> To: wplug-market at wplug.org
> Subject: Hardware Donation
> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:21:25 -0400
> 
> 
> All:
> 
> On the day of the Saturday, September 17 during the Installfest, I will 
> have hardware available for donation.  A complete list is available at:
> 
> http://digitalfreaks.org/~lavalamp/wplug_hardware_donate.pdf
> 
> ...which includes most of what is seen here:
> 
> http://digitalfreaks.org/~lavalamp/cp/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=76
> http://digitalfreaks.org/~lavalamp/cp/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=73
> http://digitalfreaks.org/~lavalamp/cp/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=71
> 
> There is quite a bit of gear.  Any items not claimed by WPLUG or 
> individuals attending will find itself in the CMU "hardware junk bin" or 
> at Construction Junction.
> 
> Most of it is in working condition.  Much of this hardware was the 
> platform on which I first started experimenting with OSS/Free Software 
> around 7 or 8 years ago.  Much of it was relatively "current" then, but 
> some of it is showing it's age now, but still useful for exploring the 
> multi-platform aspects of Linux / OSS / FS.  You definitely won't be 
> installing Suse 9 or Mandrake 10 on this stuff, but micro-distributions 
> run well as well as BSD distributions.
> 
> If you normally do not attend the install fest, you're encouraged to take 
> advantage of this opportunity to attend, claim some hardware for yourself, 
> and have at it.
> 
> I look forward to seeing you all there.  I will be there helping [eat the 
> pizza & donuts].
> 
> TIA,
>  	~BAS
> 
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