My experiences going to garage sales indicate that non-computer savvy computer owners may use a computer for a year or two, then when his Windows install goes bad thinks the computer is bad. He then goes out and buys a new one and puts the old, perfectly good machine in the closet. There are probably a lot of systems like this around. Maybe we could formalize the program, decide on a name, modus operandi and the like and begin asking for donations.
Byron ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <General@brlug.net> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 8:31 AM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Dumpster Diving for computers > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
