[Exeter] Looking for old hardware

[Rob Beard]

Hi folks,

Rick Timmis has been in contact with a pre-school in Exwick who are 
looking to setup a computer suite similar to the Internet Cafe at the 
Exwick Community Centre.

They're looking for about 6 PCs for the kids to use (the details are a 
bit sketchy at the moment but I'd guess they're wanting something the 
kids can play educational games, access educational web sites etc on).

I've already put a request out on Freecycle and Freegle in Torbay and 
Teignbridge and on Facebook to see if anyone has any machines or bits 
they can donate and I wondered if anyone might possibly have any old 
computers or bits kicking around that they want to get rid of?

I understand the idea is to install another LTSP server.  I figure if 
the kids are using something like Tuxpaint then it's also probably a 
good idea to have a printer or two (maybe a couple of old Epson or HP 
inkjets since the compatible ink cartridges are fairly cheap to get hold 
of).

If anyone has any old printers, networking kit (a gigabit switch would 
be ideal, or a 100Mbit switch with a gigabit uplink)... I know it's a 
big ask... then they'd be most grateful.

I can collect to a point (I'm in Torquay and don't mind picking stuff up 
from around Torbay, although I'm not working at the moment and funds are 
limited so if possible maybe arrangements could be made for stuff to be 
picked up and dropped off at LUG meets?).

Anyway... if anyone can help then they would be great and I'm sure it 
would be a great way of getting the kids interested in things like 
Tuxpaint etc from an early age :-) (and maybe it would be a good 
showcase for parents who have PCs bogged down with Vista and XP!)

Rob