RE: [SLUG] PCs need a good home

From: Mario Lombardo (mario@alienscience.com)
Date: Thu Nov 29 2001 - 10:43:41 EST


It sounds like Mike would have a better cause than I would, but if
there are *any* that he doesn't take, I can drive to your location
anytime, so please let me know. I am very interested. Thanks!

Mario

>?Of course, you are welcome to have as many or all of them, as you need.
>Please give me a call at the number below to arrange a pickup time.
>
>Thanks.
>
>David
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net]On Behalf Of Michael
>K. Dittmeier
>Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 7:06 AM
>To: slug@nks.net
>Subject: RE: [SLUG] PCs need a good home
>
>
>I fix and repair pc for the Suncoast Center for Indepentent Living, Inc. in
>Sarasota. We deliver computers to people that are handycaped and can not
>afford the equipment. My latest push has been to start delevering linux ased
>pcs, and it has been going over weel. most just want web access and word
>processing.
>
>Mike Dittmeier
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net]On Behalf Of David
>Walter
>Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:31 PM
>To: SLUG ML
>Subject: [SLUG] PCs need a good home
>
>
>I am one of SLUG's silent members who has been getting the ML for a year,
>but rarely sends to the list, and never has a chance to visit the group
>meetings. I recently moved into a condo in August and my wife has been
>begging me to clean up all my old computers out of the spare bedroom. Before
>I set them on the curb, I thought that the group might want first crack at
>them. I'm giving away all of the following:
>
> 1 SparcStation IPX machine (running SunOS 5.5. no monitor)
> 1 Sparc 5 (not running. Problem with BIOS? Needs SCSI hard drive)
> 1 Macintosh LCII (running MacOS 7.5)
> 1 Macintosh IIsi (running MacOS 7.5)
> 1 AST 90Mhz desktop (running, but needs harddrive and IDE or SCSI
>controller card)
> 1 Full Size Tower PC (100Mhz CPU?....needs harddrive and IDE or SCSI
>controller card. Great tower if you want to build a new system)
>
> Also:
> 21 inch monitor for Macintosh IIsi above (you might be able
>to get it work
>with other systems)
> 15 inch Macintosh Monitor
> Apple flatbed scanner (condition unknown)
> Several 15 inch PC monitors
> misc. hard drives, boards, etc
>
>Most of the stuff is working, except for a few things that I just haven't
>tested. I know that NetBSD will run on all of the Macintoshes and the Sparc
>machines. I would assume that there is a Linux flavor that will run too,
>although I haven't researched it yet. In any case, they are free to whoever
>comes to pick them up. However, I won't hold anything, so its first come,
>first served. My address is in Feather Sound, Clearwater, near the Franklin
>Howard bridge. Send me an email or call to arrange a pick up time.
>
>Thanks.
>
>David Walter
>dwalter@tampabay.rr.com
>booska@tampabay.rr.com
>work tel: (727) 579-5350

-- 



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 18:58:56 EDT