Re: [SLUG] OT: Antique PC's looking for a home

From: craig@ctrust.com
Date: Mon Nov 15 2004 - 09:08:23 EST


Mr Moen might be able to put Debian on the 8086,
but something tells me the 286 is a bit too new
for stable debian ;)

On 14 Nov 2004 at 23:12, Nathan Anderson wrote:

> I hope I don't offend anyone by posting this, but I have a couple old
> desktop PC's that I'd like to find a home for if anyone here is interested.
>
> One is a 286 and has a 42MB HD, 5.25" and 3.5" floppy drives, the
> other looks like an 8086 and has a HD ?MB's, two 5.25" floppies and a
> monitor. Both machines look to be complete inside, but I don't know if
> they work or not as I have not plugged them in since taking possession
> of them a few weeks ago.
>
> I got them and a bunch of other old computer equipment for some
> computer work I did and I really would like to tinker with them but just
> do not have the space for them right now. Rather than just throwing them
> out though I thought I'd offer them (for free of course!) to my fellow
> geeks and see if anyone on the list is also interested in playing around
> with old hardware.
>
> If you're interested please mail me off the list and I can attempt to
> answer any more specific questions about them you might have. I am
> willing to deliver them to whichever slug meeting the interested
> party/parties attend. I usually attend the St. Pete meetings so they
> could be picked up there too if the interested party/parties would
> prefer that.
>
> Nate
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Craig Zeigler
Network Administrator
Caldwell Trust Company
201 Center Rd.
Venice, FL 34285
craig@ctrust.com
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