[ale] [OT] Great Geek Giveaway!
Jim Kinney
jim.kinney at gmail.com
Mon Jun 13 17:54:33 EDT 2011
come down and load up!
not sure on mobo's. the singles may have one. Some of the desktop may have
more ability.
UPS have replaceable batteries on all. Useable but not new. various sizes.
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Jeremy T. Bouse <jeremy.bouse at undergrid.net
> wrote:
> Any mother boards with a 1 or more PCI-e ports? I've got a bunch of
> cases with only Pentium II mobos that I'd love to give a decent upgrade.
> If I only have to go out and buy RAM and CPU that helps me keep my wife
> happy about cost :)
>
> What UPS systems do you have as well? Are they user replaceable
> batteries and if so about how old are the units?
>
> We bought our house with the 900 sq ft basement specifically to
> build
> out a 600 sq ft computer room/home office so I have space. My 7' rack is
> only half full with what I have now :)
>
> On 06/13/2011 04:56 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > nope. I have a single tyan dual chip multi-core opteron board but no
> cpu's.
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Tavarvess Ware <tavarvessware at gmail.com
> > <mailto:tavarvessware at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Do you have any multi-core x86 processors, or anything better than
> > Pentium M (2.0) or Pentium 4 processors? My friends are trying to
> drop
> > cable and are looking for something a little stronger to run as a
> media
> > server.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 11:44 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > > Nah! I figured this crowd could track down my name as a domain and
> do
> > > geolocation to find my house from the IP address.
> > >
> > > 4003 Allenwood Way Tucker GA 30084
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Jim Lynch
> > > <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com
> > <mailto:ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 06/13/2011 11:22 AM, 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 :-)
> > >
> > > Hopefully you will be posting an address before the big
> day?
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
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> > > --
> > > --
> > > 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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> > 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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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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