[GLLUG] Free hardware

[Stanley C. Mortel]

I propose that we have an equipment swap of some sort.  I'm sure that 
many of us have useful stuff that needs a home.  How about setting a 
time and place, everyone brings what they want to give away for free, 
and we wander around and take what strikes our individual fancy.  Maybe 
we could even set it up so that it is an "open to the public" event 
(after GLLUG members have first choice).  That might attract some 
attention and maybe even get a few new members.  Anyone who brings real 
junk gets to cart it back home.

Stan

Richard Houser wrote:
> I've got a random closet full of parts, too.  Is there any interest in
> getting together some weekend (perhaps in the fall) and having our own
> not-so-junkpile event to build (donate?) a bunch of usable systems?
>
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Lachniet, Mark<mlachniet at analysts.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hey I'm too lazy to do research and pull off all the cooling fans and stuff,
>> but I can say that I have at least 2-3 functional motherboard and CPU combos
>> that are fast enough to run decent Linux boxes.  They run Windows XP just
>> fine.  Come over to my house and you are welcome to poke around at them.
>>
>> The Dell servers are BIG and NOISY.  I think like 16U maybe?  or 12? .  The
>> first is 2x650mhz CPU, the second is 4x700mhz CPU.  Both Xeon.  They both
>> have memory between 2gb and 4gb (actually that memory is probably worth
>> money).  Thus the CPUs have a huge amount of Cache, but a low clock speed.
>> Each one has like 3 power supplies, the ability to do RAID (but no rails for
>> the disks)  They would be perfect for a web server that needed to have high
>> availability - you could get a RAID 1 server set up with 3 power supplies in
>> a day - but they would not be super fast.  I think I have at least one
>> person who is gonna take the Dell servers.  The 9gb disk is just the only
>> LVD SCSI hard drive I had laying around - I threw it in there and install
>> VMWARE ESX on it I think.  Its not even properly mounted, just hanging there
>> by a frayed SCSI cable but functional
>> ________________________________
>> From: frank.dolinar at comcast.net [mailto:frank.dolinar at comcast.net]
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:35 PM
>> To: Lachniet, Mark
>> Cc: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
>> Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Free hardware
>>
>> Mark,
>>    I'm interested in knowing more about the motherboards, e.g. make, model,
>> processor, with or without memory?
>>    And I may have a use for the Xeon server.  How big is the box?  Is the
>> 9Gb disk part of that or separate?  How noisy is the power supply?
>>
>>    Please advise.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Frank
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mark Lachniet" <mlachniet at analysts.com>
>> To: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 12:57:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>> Subject: [GLLUG] Free hardware
>>
>> I have some random computer hardware that I will give away to a good home.
>>  A few working motherboard/cpu/cooling fan combos - generally Athlon up to
>> about 1gig in speed.  Most of them need PC 3200 memory.  They all work.  I
>> also have a big stack of black Dell CD-ROM drives (not DVD).  In addition a
>> few misc. items if anyone wants to dig through my crap.  More ribbon cables
>> than you can shake a stick at, old video and network cards, etc.  I also
>> have some BIG A$$ Dell servers - including one Quad-core Xeon with 2gb of
>> memory and a 9gb disk and three power supplies.  They are too big for my
>> rack but they work.  I would sell them on ebay but the cost of shipping
>> these beasts exceeds their value
>>
>> Send me an email if you wanna get dibs on any of this stuff
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