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On Thursday 18 October 2007 15:43, Rob Beard wrote: > Quoting Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx>: > > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Quoting Simon Avery <flash@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >>> Darren Foster wrote: > >>>>> Hi, See message below from Tavistock Freecycle : > >>>>> > >>>>> "Offered - OLD PCs - Ashburton > >>>>> Posted by: "richardpenhale" rpenhale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>> richardpenhale > >>>>> Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:17 am (PST) > >>>>> Dear all we have a large number of CRT monitors which are working > >>>>> (66) and a number of PCs we wish to dispose of. time is pressing so I > >>>>> really would like to dispose of them in one hit. Is anyone > >>>>> interested??? > >>>> > >>>> Just a thought to add to this if we could use them for the LUG. > >>> > >>> Just contacted Richard and the spec of the PC's is P166. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Simon Avery > >> > >> Pretty low spec then. Would most probably run as LTSP clients though > >> won't they? > >> > >> Rob > > > > Probably, depending on the ram, we could perhaps switch the ram around > > so they have the max possible, ok that may mean a pile of > > motherboards, but these can act as spares, in case a unit fails,. I > > think these had 72 pin ram, (iirc), so best to fill the ram slots as > > best as possible, > > > > any idea how much ram they have. > > > > Paul > > Yep, no doubt 72pin EDO memory. If they're a P166 I'd guess about > 32MB upwards? > > I have a bag of 72pin SIMMS in the loft, not sure if they work or not. > > Rob http://www.xubuntu.org/home This is Ubuntu for low end systems - not tried it but I think I might just download it tonight and dig out an old machine... Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html