I guess we could negotiate a reasonable price...sounds like a pretty good system and probably beyond my means. But it may be worth checking out anyway. BAZ ------- Bryan Zimmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leif Johnson" <leif.t.johnson at gmail.com> To: "TCLUG Mailing List" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 12:25 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Computer donations > I've got an Athlon 2800 system that I put together with 512mb ram > something like a 120 gig hard drive, nvidia GeForce video card (I > forget the specs but it has 4's in the name) and a DVD drive (no > burner on this) that I put together last year and am not using. I'd > be willing to part with it for a reasonable price. > > leif > > On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 22:11:44 -0500, Bryan Zimmer <baz at winternet.com> wrote: >> I know of at least one person who is in need of a computer. Her >> motherboard >> was fried and now the computer is of no use at all except for certain >> parts >> (memory, hard drive, the sort of thing). It does not boot and has no >> CD-ROM >> drive to boot from. >> >> I truly need to find something for her. She is not only a friend but sees >> me >> as being able to "fix" most computer problems. I told her I couldn't >> resurrect from the dead, but she still thinks I can produce a working >> computer. I considered putting in a new motherboard, but the fact was >> that >> the computer was beginning to enter its "twilight months". It was >> starting >> to be one thing after another. Not worth the cost of repairs, many of >> which >> were done as a favor to a friend. >> >> If anyone has, or know of a computer capable of running Windows XP (or >> possibly she will resort to Linux...can Linux run AOL?), I would >> appreciate >> it. >> >> Even not as a donation, I am willing to pay for one. >> >> BAZ >> ------- >> Bryan Zimmer >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Yaron" <jethro at freakzilla.com> >> To: "TCLUG" <tclug-list at lists.real-time.com> >> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 8:09 PM >> Subject: [TCLUG] Computer donations >> >> > Hey, >> > >> > I've got a friend who has some old hardware she wants to get rid of. >> > Anyone know any charities who might want 'em? These are 486s and up. I >> > think. >> > >> > >> > -Yaron >> > >> > -- >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org >> > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery >> > tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org >> Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list