Greetings. I am an old computer geek (48 years old) who has been Linuxing for many = years. I also use a more widely-used Windowing Operating system, and = used to run internet servers in a public domain (mail server, name = servers, apache, etc) for my own company. I am living on disability now because my health took a turn and I can't = work a lot.=20 So I am financially strapped, but, forever a computer nerd, I take old = hardware (or even the newer stuff) and make it go. The equipment I use = sometimes requires fixing up a bit and always requires ingenuity to put = the pieces together into a working system. I am wondering if anyone out there has any old hardware of just about = any sort that they no longer use because it is now old-fashioned = technology.=20 My latest creation involved upgrading a computer made in the year 2000, = upgraded the memory and disk, put in a CD and DVD, video card, and now = is it a dual boot Linux/W*ndows system that is my primary workstation. I don't have a working printer, but I have a fair amount of networking = equipment including hubs, switches, miles of Ethernet cable and a = considerable knowledge of networking in a hybrid environment. So if anyone has any such hardware....could be anything from an antique = laptop to a somewhat questionable DVD drive, or even any old hardware, I = am willing to pay a small amount, although it wouldn't be much. It might be better in terms of karma to have it be used than just gather = dust in your attic. This might sound eccentric, but I do this stuff for both a hobby and = occasional jobs. Old hardware, modern operating systems (Fedora 8 and = XP), programming, networking, tweaking, configuring workstations and = servers, data communications strategies. If you have anything you would like to donate or just talk about, feel = free to contact me via this list, or personally (see below). Thanks. Bryan A Zimmer "BazTheLinuxGuy" bryzimmer at gmail dot com zimmer dot bryan at gmail dot com (651) 492-9388 (use judiciously, it is a cell phone) Thanks, Baz -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20071116/f734d4d1/attachment-0001.htm