On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmmm I'm not sure a BIOS will be wiling to boot from a USB port on a > card. However, combined with a CD boot helper might do the trick. I have to use the CD at this point anyway. My goal is to have it boot more quickly and respond more quickly once its booted. > > > Reconditioning older PCs (even just adding RAM or a USB card) is a bit > of a thankless job :-( But one that makes many high school and young at heart computer geeks pretty happy on a Saturday, especially if you add pizza and donuts. If a school IT person has to do it, its never financially feasible, but I could see a lot of volunteers actually enjoying the work, and getting a lot of satisfaction about getting faster computers into kids hands and keeping computers out of the land fill. > > > I'm wondering if there's a way for SoaS to automatically report what > it has booted on. Computer labs are prime candidates for SoaS and are > often populated with a single PC model; it would be great if we could > offer good upgrade advice x30. Ah actually Sebastian already wrote that! I forgot to do it when I was in the computer lab. I will remember next time. It would be cool to turn that into an Activity so its super easy. My work trying to get a Work Study student for GPA looks like its going to generate a bunch of volunteers without the correct paperwork to get paid as Work Study students. Let me echo Caryl's question. Do we have a page with tasks for new volunteers? > > > Sean > > > > > On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Caroline > Meeks<carol...@solutiongrove.com> wrote: > > This week, thanks for installing the Broadcom drivers separately, we got > > Sugar on a Stick up and running on the GPA computers. > > > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Gardner_Pilot_Academy#Current_computers_at_GPA > > > > They are older computer and they run faster then an XO but still not that > > snappy. > > > > A big part of SoaS is using existing computers and donated computers. I > > wonder what it would take to upgrade older computers, and make them > > snappier. > > > > I don't know if we will get permission to open up these particular > > computers, (which are owned by Boston Public Schools) but there are > > certainly tons of older computers like them around. > > > > I think there are two things that might make them perform better. > > > > 1. Add a USB 2.0 port. They are almost certainly USB 1 right now. I see > > that if the box has the right slots for it, USB 2.0 cards are less then > $10. > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815123010 > > 2. Add more RAM. Earlier this year I worked with a group that > specialized > > in repairing and recyclying computers. They had lots of RAM they had > > scavanged. > > > > It would be very cool if someone had some old computers and could try > Sugar, > > then do motifications like add a USB 2.0 port and RAM and document the > > results. Caryl, this is another potential project for someone who wants > to > > help. > > > > -- > > Caroline Meeks > > Solution Grove > > carol...@solutiongrove.com > > > > 617-500-3488 - Office > > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > > > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove carol...@solutiongrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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