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Re: [LUG] HW: 15" CRT's Required / Cameroon / Good News

 

On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 08:07:08PM +0000, Tom Brough wrote:
> M.Blackmore wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 23:19 +0000, Tom Brough wrote:
> >
> > 
> >
> >>The guy I am shipping them to aparently has a set of operational 486's 
> >>so I guess the answer is yes they have the juice to run them.
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >That's better than the couple of projects I was involved in a few years
> >back, where they only had a solar panel or two (disconnect the water
> >pump at the appropriate time...) and a couple of water lifting windmills
> >that had been generatored. Watts rather than kilowatts.
> >
> >Someone here in the small town/village we've just moved to has an
> >involvement with The Gambia, and in the place he's focussed on there are
> >just some solar panels. Wonder if someone has ever rigged up a bicycle
> >generator? Or an animal powered generator?
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> >>But I will 
> >>suggest that in order to save power he disconnects the hard drives and 
> >>uses them as thin clients only :-) another plus for LTSP technology ;-)
> >>
> >>   
> >>
> >Can only help, but would the biggest contribution be flat screen? Must
> >be older generation small flatscreens around 14", 15", people are
> >ditching in favour of larger or higher resolutions ... they've been
> >around a few years now.
> >
> >Must admit I've stuck my high-end mitsubishi diamondtron monitor into a
> >cupboard just in case I even need something with excellent colour
> >rendition (until such time as I can afford/prices drop/tech improves)
> >flat screen stuff can reproduce colours accurately enough etc.
> >
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> > 
> >
> A quick google of linux bicycle reveals that there is quite a bit of 
> activity in this area, especially with voip.
> 
> Anyway good news is that NAVTI have found the money so we are back on 
> for transportation :-). Problem is I wont have the quota I need in time :-(
> 
> Tom.
> 
What are you short of?

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