[GLLUG] Free hardware

[Chris Chan]

That's a great idea... definitely a great way to get rid of all my
crap in my cupboards. Mom wants it gone.

On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Stanley C. Mortel<mortel at cyber-nos.com> wrote:
> 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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