[ale] [OT] Great Geek Giveaway!

[Chuck Payne]

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Chris Fowler
<cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> Do you have any rackmounts I can install CentOS 4 on and run IRLP at
> Bank of America Plaza in downtown ATL?  We are in need of a new sys.
> Current one is a Compaq Desktop running  RH 9.
>
>
> On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 11:22 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> In the interest of regaining my basement and my sanity, I am
>> bequeathing a large quantity of geekly items to ALE'rs who show up and
>> haul away this stuff:
>>
>> desktops
>> laptops
>> rackmounts
>> monitors
>> cables
>> phones (a really cool Linux phone!)
>> scsi gear
>> connectors
>> rackmount slides
>> flotsam and jetsam
>> assorted parts
>> motherboards
>> keyboards
>> mice
>> ram
>> cpu's
>> add-on cards of various types
>> hard drives
>> printers
>> printer network cards
>> UPS systems
>> cases
>> stuff I don't recall the purpose of
>>
>> the list goes on and on and on and...
>>
>> Basically I want to convert my man cave into a pub so the tech has to
>> go.
>>
>> 99% of this stuff will be $0.00
>>
>> A smattering will be a few $$ (the SAS fan out cables will be $20, a
>> few other items will be $5, some will be $1 as this lot is brand new,
>> unopened stuff).
>>
>> At last count I had 50+ PC's in my house. This is just nuts!
>>
>> Most of the systems run fine. Some may be for parts only. As the price
>> is right, have a blast!
>>
>> I hope to have this extravaganza Saturday June 18 starting after
>> coffee (9ish) until it's gone or I tap my keg and give up.
>>
>> NOTE: As I'm not sure I've compacted the stuff into a single area yet,
>> I may need to assist is sorting and picking (i.e. I may have some bits
>> in the free pile that I need to hang onto as I just did a huge grab
>> and haul to start the process and was getting kind of sloppy near the
>> end :-) and the area will get crowded soon so I'm going to limit the
>> number of people in the basement at any time to whatever makes sense
>> (so be patient!). I have a handtruck and will have the dogs in their
>> crates so the back gate can be opened.
>>
>> If someone wants to offer ca$h for the entire pile, I'm listening :-)
>>
>> --
>> --
>> James P. Kinney III
>>
>> As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
>> consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as
>> they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the
>> outcome.
>> - 2011 Noam Chomsky
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