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Re: [LUG] Looking for old hardware

 

On 10/10/2012 13:27, Rob Beard wrote:
Hi folks,

Rick Timmis has been in contact with a pre-school in Exwick who are looking to setup a computer suite similar to the Internet Cafe at the Exwick Community Centre.
They're looking for about 6 PCs for the kids to use (the details are a 
bit sketchy at the moment but I'd guess they're wanting something the 
kids can play educational games, access educational web sites etc on).
I've already put a request out on Freecycle and Freegle in Torbay and 
Teignbridge and on Facebook to see if anyone has any machines or bits 
they can donate and I wondered if anyone might possibly have any old 
computers or bits kicking around that they want to get rid of?
I understand the idea is to install another LTSP server.  I figure if 
the kids are using something like Tuxpaint then it's also probably a 
good idea to have a printer or two (maybe a couple of old Epson or HP 
inkjets since the compatible ink cartridges are fairly cheap to get 
hold of).
If anyone has any old printers, networking kit (a gigabit switch would 
be ideal, or a 100Mbit switch with a gigabit uplink)... I know it's a 
big ask... then they'd be most grateful.
I can collect to a point (I'm in Torquay and don't mind picking stuff 
up from around Torbay, although I'm not working at the moment and 
funds are limited so if possible maybe arrangements could be made for 
stuff to be picked up and dropped off at LUG meets?).
Anyway... if anyone can help then they would be great and I'm sure it 
would be a great way of getting the kids interested in things like 
Tuxpaint etc from an early age :-) (and maybe it would be a good 
showcase for parents who have PCs bogged down with Vista and XP!)
Rob

I have 6 with 17'' LCDs - All the same Novatech model - I think the base spec is AMD sempron 2600+, 512MB ram, 40GB hdd, CD Rom..... All black and grey in colour. These ran XP Pro and were removed from a primary school after a windows 7 upgrade.
I think there are keyboards and mice  -they are welcome to them.

I also have a Dell 3110cn Colour Laser - I pulled it from a school due to a copier install -I think it just needs toners - they can have it if they want it - it's pretty big!
I don't have any gigabit switches but I do have a couple of others lying 
around - one is a 24 port 3com superstack 3 with fiber module...not sure 
what the others are, I'd have to look but again they are more than 
welcome to what's there.
I'm in Launceston but don't mind a run up to Exeter so I can deliver....

Cheers

Dave



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