On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 07:25:00 -0500, Sam MacDonald <smac at visi.com> wrote: > If I get them we can install Linux and Open Office. I'm sure some > non-profit organization could use them. I would need to get the guy some > sort of receipt so he could say he gave them to a non-profit. > > I have no idea whats in them so they could be 486 class machines. If > all else fails, the cases look OK. > > Sam. Well, I'll chime in here. This spring I contacted www.worldcomputerexchange.org and asked if they needed any help with their organization. They say yes - please start a Minneapolis office. Uff-dah... So, I'm the World Computer Exchange (WCE) Minneapolis coordinator. So far I've been passively collecting donations - Pentium or better, Newer Macs, printers, fax, network equiptment, Montiors that can run 110 or 220. I have a few folks at work who help out from time to time - I hope to grow the voluneteer list a bit more.... Anyways, I could issue a receipt if the machine are up to snuff (pentium or better). <PLUG> If you or someone you know would like to donate an old computer please have them contact: jmeier at worldcomputerexchange.org or goto www.worldcomputerexchane.org for other office locations. We also need space! At this point anything other than my porch! Ideal space would have electricity, netowrk (!), and would be fork lift accessible so that computers ould be palletized and picked up by a shipping company. </PLUG> Some of the computers I get are not wiped, some are - the ones that are - usually ship blank, buuuttttt - there's nothing stopping me from putting LINUX on them... I've put Lycoris on a few - but would like to develop a lean-n-mean install of Redhat/mandrake/suse - whatever... I think you can run though a install and then save off your choices for future installs yes? I currently have about 15 old compaqs that were wiped and are now sitting blank... I was going to stop by install fest this weekend and get a feel for the event - but I can only stay a short while as it seems to be wedding season and my saturday is packed! Dang it! _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list