[Gllug] Freebies

[Vincent AE Scott]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Jim Halfpenny wrote:

> Hi,
> Does anyone know where free, obsolete computers can be found? I have been 
> trying to find a source of thrown-away computers to refurbish and pass on to 
> whoever needs them. Is there a group that does this kind of thing? I think 
> there are some people who refurbush machines and donate them to disabled 
> people.


hmmmm, for some strange reason, the 2600 crowd spring to mind.  but i dont
think they pass referb's on to the needy, but they certainly do go thru
dumpsters looking for odd's and sods.


> I currently have a SPARCstation IPC which I want to install Linux on; does 
> anyone know if they can use large hard drives? I have a disk at home lying 
> spare, but I'm not sure if it will work. I might try it this weekend and 
> report on my progress :-) 

yes it will.  so long as it's a SCSI one, more precisely, a fast SCSI 2
i used to have a 9 gig hanging off the back of an LX, worked fine.

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