[Imc-g8-2005] Fwd: READ FAST!! Fwd: [Bp-people] Selection of old kit free to good home...

[yossarian]

I think this all sounds like good gear, we can run the bulk of the media
centre basically on boxes that are ancient as long as they have network
cards, monitors and keyboards.  Personally I am always of the "grab any
piece of gear you can get your hands on" mentality, I would even grab
the laserprinters which could be pretty handy for making leaflets /
signs around the centre unless there are transport or storage
difficulties.  The good thing about old gear is that it is usually
better-supported by the Linux operating systems that we're going to use
to power the bulk of the infrastructure than new gear is. 

So, go for it if you can ab, it maybe will take care of the bulk of our
problems - if the boxes don't have network cards it's a hell of a lot
easier for us to transport 40 cards than 40 computers.

Solid,
Y

planet-mail at aktivix.org wrote:

>Hiya,
>
>(cc ing to uk tech list too)
>
>yes - some of this could be very useful - esp as located in edinburgh.
>
>sounds like it's a real mix of stuff, and sounds quite battered - however for
>running 'net-cafe' style machines a la esf then old low spec can be fine.
>
>40 boxes sounds interesting - would be good to know more specs inc if they come
>with network cards (esp if they have a batch of machines the same, as opposed
>to just lots and lots of individual spec machines) - imc folks have experience
>of dealing in this scenario when a complete data wipe is necessary for legal
>purposes and have the utils for it and could liaise with JCMB technicians on
>this.
>
>monitors sound a bit knackered - but wot does he mean by 'poor quality?
>
>should grab a load of keyboards.
>
>i'd leave the scanners / lasar printers - too mcu hassle with drivers / not
>knowing if they worked anyway - getting old ink cartridges etc etc
>
>SO - YES are very interested - need to know more / visit onsite to look at kit.
>Can you get back to him and say YES IMC IS INTERESTED - ask if he knows any more
>about monitors and cpu boxes (specs / network cards etc)?  And ask if we could
>arrange a visit to check stuff out.
>
>I'm around for about a week after mayday so could go onsite for a meeting. Then
>if kit is wanted then issues are transport (van) + storage. After being used
>they could be distributed to community media / imc groups and social centres
>etc.
>
>Anyone else able to liaise on this who is a bit more tech than me?
>
>ciao,
>dave
>
>
>Quoting Anarcho Babe <anarchobabe at fempages.org>:
>
>  
>
>>Is this kit any good - should we try to get it?
>>Fast answers appreciated?
>>
>>
>>    
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>>>>>----- Forwarded message from Roger Burroughes <roger at inf.ed.ac.uk> ----
>>>>>          
>>>>>
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>>>>>Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:31:57 +0100 (BST)
>>>>>From: Roger Burroughes <roger at inf.ed.ac.uk>
>>>>>Reply-To: R.Burroughes at ed.ac.uk
>>>>>Subject: [Bp-people] Selection of old kit free to good home...
>>>>>To: bp-people at inf.ed.ac.uk
>>>>>
>>>>>Folks,
>>>>>
>>>>>	As some of you may or may not be aware, we have a quantity of
>>>>>old kit sitting in the basement of No.6 awaiting disposal.
>>>>>
>>>>>	Following some confusion and subsequent clarification about
>>>>>how we could dispose of this, it's now possible to offer this kit to
>>>>>anyone that wants it.
>>>>>
>>>>>	Bearing in mind that this stuff is OLD, we have...
>>>>>
>>>>>around 30 monitors (most are broken or poor quality), 100+
>>>>>keyboards (mostly Sun, some PC/mac), about 5 medium-to-large laser
>>>>>printers, about 5 scanners (status unknown), and probably about 40
>>>>>CPU boxes (PCs, Suns, Macs) of varying quality.
>>>>>
>>>>>	IF anyone thinks they might be interested in any of this,
>>>>>could they please contact Ross (BP Support Office) or myself. Note
>>>>>that all equipment is offered without any guarantees whatsoever, and
>>>>>any data must be deleted (either by physically removing any hard
>>>>>disks, or by arranging with JCMB technicians to zap the disk).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Roger.
>>>>>
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