[Sderby] Potts

[Mark Chall]

Keith
	Tell me more, or what is a good time to phone you?
Mark

On Wednesday 03 September 2003 10:35 pm, you wrote:
> Microsoft do do student licences.
> mail or phone me for details
>
> Keith
>
> 01332 515815
>
> At 21:31 03/09/2003 +0100, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >   I'd better introduce myself,:  I'm Mark, and I work on control systems
> > and Simulations of  gas turbines (FORTRAN C C++ Matlab perl).    I'm
> > running Mandrake 8.1 at the moment and got a debian dvd from the linux
> > emporium recently.  I use Solaris 2.5 at work (some VAX VMS too).  I
> > write my scripts in perl these days so I can migrate them.
> >
> >Do the pc's from Potts have an OS installed?
> >
> >Unfortunately a course I have just signed up for requires that I use
> > Windows 2000 or XP and M$ DON'T APPEAR TO DO STUDENT LICENCES ANYMORE.
> >I might get away with using Mozilla + SVG plug-in plus open babel but I'll
> >have to fix up a fall back and the thought of paying M$ £80 or £125
> > grates. Otherwise I was considering buying a new base unit from either
> > TAB or Goliath in Derby for £200 to £300.
> >
> >On Wednesday 03 September 2003 5:08 pm, you wrote:
> > > for anyone who's interested
> > >
> > > Potts, on babington lane in derby, have just taken delivery of another
> > > load of Compaq Deskpro EN, small form factor PC's. they had 2 stacks of
> > > em, piled 5 foot high. apparently they're gonna sell em for about 40-50
> > > quid Last time they had these in, i think members of SderbyLUG bought
> > > most of em.
> > >
> > > they also had some small form factor Gateway E1400s. these are similar
> > > to the compaqs, but newer and faster (P3 850). these are gonna be a bit
> > > more expensive.
> > >
> > >
> > > just thought peeps might like to know.
> > >
> > > Ian
> > >
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