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Re: [LUG] Would anyone have a use for ...

 

I know the YMCA (where I live) wouldn't say no to one or two, they've
only got one atm for resident use

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On 18 Aug 2011, at 19:57, Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 18/08/11 19:42, Gordon Henderson wrote:
>>
>> ... about a dozen small PCs running XP. They're 'shuttle' type cases (so
>> mini ITX motherboard - I think they're P4's with 512MB of RAM and an
>> 80GB IDE drive, but I don't have the exact spec.
>>
>> Just enquiring as they're about to be replaced with modern ones (running
>> win-7) - these are out of a primary school FWIW and have flat-screen
>> monitors. I suspect the IT company doing the replacing will want to get
>> rid of them as a job lot though.
>>
>> And sadly, it's really really not worth the effort trying to get the
>> school to recycle them into Linux boxes. They want shiny new Win, and
>> they'll get it )-:
>>
>> Gordon
>>
>
>
> We could use 1 or 2 at the lighthouse I guess,   if you want somewhere
> to store them,  there is 1 shuttle down there already so i can store
> some at home as they are not that big.
>
> I am sure then at a later date we can find a use for them, if we manage
> to get another project on the go.
>
> Paul
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