Re: linux boxes at Salvation Army


Subject: Re: linux boxes at Salvation Army
From: Greg Jetter (greg@lazymountain.com)
Date: Tue Apr 29 2003 - 22:07:46 AKDT


On Tuesday April 29 2003 7:54 pm, Damien Hull wrote:
> Well, it looks like I've got at least one person who buys old hardware.
> Here is what I've found out and what I have planed so far.
>
> 1. Keep the pricing reasonable. I've seen P100 at $100. I was thinking
> more like $20 to $25. Better to keep the price low and get it off the
> shelf then pay $15 to through it out.
>
> 2. I have used FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Linux. I currently use Debian Woody=
=2E
> I just suggested using Linux because that's what most people are
> using.If there are people out there willing to buy a FreeBSD or OpenBSD
> box I'll build them.
>
> 3. I have built firewalls with OpenBSD and Linux. OpenBSD is nice
> because it has RIP (routing protocol) built in.
>
> 4. Any boxes that can't be used will be parted. Watch for parts to show
> up in the stores.
>

look around on the net you can get pallets of 233 or better for less than=
 30=20
bucks a box ... that crap is every were.

Greg

> I was able to take a look at some of the hardware at the warehouse and
> most didn't look good. Didn't plug them in at all so I can't say for
> sure but that's what they looked like.
>
> The other down side is that I found only one network card. It had Novel=
l
> printed on it and I couldn't get it to work. If I don't get any network
> cards I won't be able to build firewalls.
>
> On the up side I did see a few SCSI controllers.
>
> For exotic hardware I found two routers that did RIP and NetBEUI. I als=
o
> found a CSU/DSU which I will be bringing to the Friday Night meeting if
> anyone wants to play around with it. I don't know if it works.
>
> Well, that's it for now.
>
> On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 15:03, WarDriver wrote:
> > I just happen to snatch those things up all the time. I use them most=
ly
> > for firewalls/wireless access points. Believe it or not, slack9 runs
> > pretty good on lower end systems, provided you have the disk space. (=
The
> > 2.4.20 kernel is pretty fast on the p166 I'm on now...) Otherwise, yo=
u
> > could build a cluster...
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 27 Apr 2003 12:56:26 -0800
> >
> > Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net> wrote:
> > > I just started working for the Salvation Army. Part of my job is to=
 fix
> > > computers that have been donated. Because these are low end systems=
 we
> > > are the only group in town that can find a use for them. My plan wa=
s to
> > > turn them into Linux boxes of some kind.
> > >
> > > Here are some of the criteria I'm looking at
> > >
> > > 1. Minimum speed - I'm thinking P200
> > > 2. Distribution of Linux - maybe Debian but I'm also looking at mul=
inux
> > > 3. What will they be - Workstation, Firewall, etc...
> > > 4. Price
> > >
> > > If any of you have any ideas let me know. I haven't had a chance to
> > > play with any computers yet so I don't know what I'll be working
> > > with.As soon as I find out I'll let every one know.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Damien Hull
> > > Network Administrator
> > > www.digitaloverload.net
> > >
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