Re: [TCLUG:10253] computer bits.

[Justin Coyne <jcoyne@software.umn.edu>]

Wow, the girlfriend gave you an ultamatum?

Justin Coyne <jcoyne@software.umn.edu>

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On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Eric Gjerde wrote:

> well, having lurked on this list forever, (and apologies if this is
> being sent in HTML- I am just borrowing this email client at the moment)
> I am amazed at how wacky some people get over free hardware.
> 
> HOWEVER- this is your lucky day. the girlfriend is finally tired of all
> the junk I have, so I am going to be basically giving away alot of
> (wonderful) crap. this includes but is not limited to memory, (of many
> various sorts), scsi & ide hard drives, lots of drive cables of all
> sorts, some sundry old processors, I think there's a couple mobos of the
> 133 and under variety; a couple 486 era boxes, in various states of
> disrepair, some pentium machines, again in various states of disrepair (
> i have all the bits, really, just don't want them/need them) some funky
> I/O cards (relatively nice Adaptec VL-BUS scsi controller, anyone?) and
> other weirdness. also several different 68k macs, which all have quite a
> bit of memory and are for the most part together. also some odd
> assortments of crappy software. quite a few crappy ISA ethernet cards.
> quite a few token ring cards. HP JetDirect cards, for token ring,
> ethernet, AppleTalk, and ethernet/appletalk. modems. lots of pcmcia
> modems. lots of junk.
> 
> I also have some items that I really can't bear to part with for free; a
> 21" radius monitor, a DPT SmartCache III cache/raid card (EISA, doesn't
> have the raid module, but still it is I believe a dual or possibly
> triple channel card; has 4mb ECC cache, kinda spiffy. neat blinking
> lights on it.this works with Linux, as well.) some sundry EISA bits- I
> have two proliant 1000's, so I have quite a few cards and compaq
> paraphenalia(sp?) if anyone is interested. also an empty proliant 1000
> chassis, which still has the keys and everything (you know, other than
> being devoid of a power supply or anything else of that nature. I
> debated throwing a deskpro XL mobo in there, it kinda looks like it
> would *just* fit, if you are interested.) umm... lots of 8mb simms,
> there's really no use for them sadly, I have been using them as
> keychains and whatnot. also have lots of patch cables (well, cat5 cables
> of between 6' to 18'.) lots of little mac to PC vid connectors. some
> keyboards and mice of different sorts. possibly 6? laptop hard drives,
> from 200mb to 1.3 gig.
> 
> Now here comes the real tricky part where I mention the catch.
> 
> I would really prefer to give this stuff to people who can't afford to
> buy new things, and who are going to use this for linux or any OSS based
> operating system. I really think the first part is more important
> though; I think if you are a programmer for some company somewhere
> raking in contract dollars, you really don't need some free memory. go
> buy some. but if you are a student using linux or say you KNOW someone
> who can't afford a computer but could really use one for themselves or
> their kids, then I'm willing to give stuff away. including maybe a
> monitor and a printer or something; I like to help people like that.
> don't argue.
> 
> I'm also doing this because dragnet.org is out of business. sucky.
> 
> anyhow, if you are interested (for real) and are willing to be patient
> and/or come pick up stuff, please email me at freelinuxstuff@email.com .
> yes, I am fully aware it's a web mailbox, and I'm sorry, but it's just a
> matter of not wanting to receive lots of mail at work... Last time I
> gave stuff away about a year ago I got just tons of silly requests for
> months. please don't email me asking me if I can do something for you
> unless it's really worth the time... If i'm giving you something I'm not
> going to format a disk, or fix something up, or even find all the screws
> for you, unless it's really something that's worth doing, like setting
> up a first PC for a little kid, and then I'd do it and throw in a
> *shudder* MS OS license and disk and maybe a CDROM to boot. and a modem.
> or whatever.
> 
> sorry for the long rant. I really want to support the linux community,
> and if you know people who could use a machine for linux, or whatever...
> you get the idea. I'm also willing to give laptops to high school
> students to use w/ linux. and i'm flexible on that. thanks for your time
> guys!
> 
> -Eric
> 
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