Call for salvaged hardware!

[Matt Price]

On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 11:17 -0800, Pete Lancashire wrote:
> Hello from a "foreigner",
> 
> Isn't there anything like http://www.freegeek.org/ in TO ?
> 
> Portland is like 1/10 the size of TO but at anyone time FreeGeek
> PC's ready to donate to schools or non profits. At times they
> have received 100's of identical PC's only 3 years old from
> Gov't/Corporation in Portland.
> 
I think Colin's answer is better than whaat I could give -- as i
iunderstand it, there isn't really anything yet, but there might be
soon.

portland's got all this *real estate* which is harder to find i n
downtown TO, though.  

m

> -pete
> 
> Born in TO. Live in Portland, Oregon
> In TO for Xmas and New Years
> 
> 
> 
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > some of you may remember that years ago I taught a linux-focussed "build
> > your own computer" course using salvaged hardware. I'm reviving this
> > course in the new year at a downtown elementary school, and am looking
> > for parts for 15 or 16 systems that school kids will build up, install
> > ubuntu on, and learn to use.  If it's successful, I'm hoping to expand
> > the program out into a bunch of neighbourhood schools, and maybe get a
> > kind of computer club going where kids learn a little bit of programming
> > and systems administrations.
> >
> > Anyway, that said:  i thought I had a line on a substantial supply, but
> > my source has fallen through.  So I'm putting out a general plea for
> > hardware -- boxes, parts, monitors, keyboards, mice, etc...  Meanwhile
> > I'll keep plying my other connections as well.
> >
> > As always, thank you in advance to the list!  you guys rock,
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > --
> > Matt Price
> > matt.price-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org
> >
> 
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Matt Price
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