Bob, You should check out www.cacrc.com and possibly ask them for donations. The Recycling PCs with Linux project at CCCC is still in the formative stages, so I'm not sure where we will be getting machines from.
I'll bet that this department could easily get corporate donations of PCs from area businesses, if the word got out. Have they considered advertising? John Hebert --- Robert Leche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know of at least one department at LSU that would > stand to benefit > from the donations of computers and computer related > equipment. > > > > Bob > > > John Hebert wrote: > > > Byron, > > > > You may be interested to know that the CCCC Linux > SIG > > has started a project to recycle old PCs with > Linux > > and other free|OSS for individuals/organizations > with > > a demonstrated need. > > > > John Hebert > > > > --- Byron Como <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Heh, Heh. Yesterday I pulled a fully functional > P200 > > > out of my neighbor's garbage. 98megs of ram, > 3gig > > > hd, cd (flaky or maybe just I'm flaky), creative > > > soundblaster, a really excellent 3com 3c900 > combo. > > > It booted right up into Windows 2000 > Professional. > > > This is now my top-of-the line computer. How > sad. I > > > also picked up a junker off the side of the road > > > which only yielded some spare parts. If yall see > > > stuff like this it couldn't hurt to at least > give it > > > a cursory once over. As more and more computers > are > > > upgraded better systems than this will just be > > > thrown away. Don't assume that if its in the > garbage > > > it is completely ruined. > > > > > > Byron > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > > http://finance.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General@brlug.net > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Leche > System Administrator > Louisiana State University - Southern Regional > Climate Center > 260 Howe-Russell Building > Baton Rouge, La. 70803 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 225 578 5023 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
