Free hardware

[Ansar Mohammed]

I also have a box filled with IO cards, (video, video capture, network,
scsi, usb etc). Do you guys have a weekend meeting or something that I can
bring them to?




On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:49 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> | From: Ansar Mohammed <ansarm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
>
> Thanks very much for offering these systems.
> Reuse is better than recycling.
>
> I've always felt that the more detail you include in your offer, the
> more likely an appropriate taker will come forward.
>
> | its a pair of Sun *Ultrasparc* 10s. 1gb RAM and 2x80GB HD.
>
> Those sound quite useable.  It might be worth mentioning which CPUs
> they have and which video systems they have.
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_10>
>
> I must resist: I already have an Ultra 5 that I'm not using.
>
> I notice that this link doesn't work any longer:
> <https://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/U5/U5.html>
> I hope Oracle hasn't eaten too much of the online documentation.
>
> | They have Sun PCI Cards in them. SunPCI cards are basically a seperate
> x86
> | PC in a PCI slot of the Sparc (akin to a blade). that uses the disks on
> the
> | Sparc 10 for storage.
>
> Which SunPCI card do they have?
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunPCi>
>
>
> Don't take peoples comments about your phone seriously -- they're just
> joking.  As we discussed on this list, no mainstream phone is open.
> The fact that Meego, WebOS, and Android are built on Linux hasn't been
> that liberating.
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