[SWLUG] Three old pentium II/IIIs going free.

[Dick Bain]

Telsa I would like the PIII micro-ATX if possible or the PII but the
former would be my preference
Dick

On 05/07/06, Telsa Gwynne <hobbit at aloss.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> Going free to good home (ie, any home that isn't this one):
>
> 1: Compaq WS5000, dual pentium pro 200, and disc.
>
> 2: Dual pentium II/celeron 300/450, PC and SCSI disc 9GB (or thereabouts).
> Unknown quantity of RAM. Minitower. And a VGA monitor.
>
> 3: Pentium III 800(ish) PC, micro-ATX desktop.
>
> I typed those in from my husband's notes. I may have misunderstood his
> handwriting. For example, the Compaq at the top started as LI5S until
> he saw what I had put. Please use your intelligence on any obvious
> errors. I don't really care what specs they are. I care only that
> they depart this house. We have no transport, btw, so you have to
> pick them up yourself. We're in central Swansea: mail me off-list
> for contact details.
>
> If no-one wants them, they are going to the dum^Wermmmm, "municipal
> amenities" (or whatever it is). The council will pick "up to three"
> of them up, but charges £10 for each "up to three" (and you can only
> book one lot at once). I am told there are local charities who will
> pick things up similarly, but (sensibly!) they have set minimum specs
> of what they find worthwhile, and I don't know what they are. So you
> can see why I am keen for someone else to develop a sudden need for
> one or all of them. Therefore please find within yourself the urge
> to investigate clusters on pentiums, how many pentiums you can fit in
> a mini, or something which similarly requires a bunch of old but working
> computers.
>
> For the benefit of the archives, if you are reading this after the
> start of August 2006, it's too late. I shall have got fed up of them
> and arranged for them to be taken away by then. Somehow..
>
> Telsa
>
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