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Hi Phil, I could get as far as Wincanton, I'm sure :) However, while it might be instructive for your kids to tinker with, I'm not sure how much of an upgrade the towers would be! They are pretty old. How about I get the kit to you, and you can decide whether to keep it or pass it along the chain? Ian On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 31/07/13 10:45, Philip Hudson wrote: >> On 31 Jul, 2013, at 12:01 am, Ian Dickinson wrote: >> >>> I have some old, but working, kit I'd like to clear out of the way - >>> two CPU towers (one's an HP with a P4 and 1Gb ram, can't remember what >>> the other one has inside) with flat screen monitors. I'd be happy to >>> donate them to any worthy cause, but I'm up in Somerset and don't come >>> down to Devon very often. Does anyone travel up Glastonbury way who >>> might be willing to courier them? Or, alternatively, anyone know of >>> anyone out this way who might be able to put them to good use? >> >> I have a friend who lives near Totnes and regularly visits >> Glastonbury, not a techie but I'm sure he'd be glad to haul the kit >> for a good cause. Alternatively, I'm in Wincanton and I'm always glad >> of extra kit for my own and my family's use. The kids would be >> thrilled to upgrade from their ancient machine. > > > > All sounds good to me, while i requested items for centre peace, if we > can re-distribute working kit in general to give it extra life for few > years than that would be a good thing, So if some make it to paignton > great, if it ends up else where then again that is good. Its better > than going to recycling centres to be broken up when it works, and can > be used to the benefit of people. > > Monitors + vga input + htmi to vga converts are great for raspberry pi's > and other single board computers. > > > Paul > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq