ANST - Stargate area WWW access

[j'lynn yeates]

On 28 Jun 98, at 12:27, Pat St. Jean wrote:

> I've got something to add here as well...  I've recently finished
> upgrading my Windows machine and have a LOT of spare parts laying
> around.  They're decidedly old and relatively underpowered for today's
> power users, but would suffice for someone who's just wanting to do a
> little web surfing.  Here's the list:
> 
> 1 AMD 486-100 w/ 20 meg ram
> 1 VLB video card
> 1 VLB I/O controller
> 1 desktop case
> 1 USR 28.8 modem (missing power adaptor)
> 1 panasonic kxp-1128 dot matrix printer.
> 
> And if you give me a little time I'll probably be able to scrounge up a
> small hard drive as well.
> 
> Anyone else want to chip in some older spare parts that you've got lying
> around?  For e-mail and simple web access you don't need a P-II class
> machine.

thanks for bringing up that subject ... meant to do so a coupel weeks back 
but got busy.  many folks have piles of older, though still servicable stuff 
sitting around (looking at three AT cases, two 486 motherboards, random 
adapters, slower modems, a box of memory that is useless to me (though 
there was a art project they may be used for ...) ... all older class stuff that 
has come out of my machines at home ... ) but would assemble into a 
accepteble entry / temporary .  

every few months, i manage to throw together a 75-80% complete basic 
machine and donate it to a worthy friend / companion ... the only geas i lay 
on the recepient, that they pass along the gear to someone else when they 
get a better machine (most do in time).  downside, you end up being that 
persons designated technical resources (g) 

get a number of people together and pool the excess parts, who knows 
how many machines you could build 

'wolf

.. the street finds uses for things
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