How true! That older hardware is more robust than some of this newer stuff. <br><br>Hmm. A build-it demo to create a solid system for the blind would make a good group project. And we likely have enough older hardware around that would make a decent system or two. I know I have a pair of working P4/celeron level mobos with ram and sound. Not fast enough to run hulu in full screen mode but solid web browsers.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:35 PM, John G. Heim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jheim@math.wisc.edu">jheim@math.wisc.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
You know, if you build that thing, it might have a practical use as a<br>
computer for a blind person. Not that anyone would actually want it given<br>
that in most communities you can pick up a P4 for nothing from someone who<br>
doesn't want to pay the disposal fee.<br>
<br>
Still, I use my original pentium laptop with54 Mb of RAM practically every<br>
day. You can install linux with speech, mail, web browser, text editor, etc<br>
in less than 512 Mb.<br>
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Subject: [ale] geezer notice with meeting idea<br>
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<br>
> Having participated in the "strut your geek cred stuff by showing off the<br>
> dusty crap you used, or worse, still have" discussion, it occurred to me<br>
> why<br>
> the typical age of attendance at ALE meetings is rarely including those<br>
> who<br>
> cut their computer teeth on Win98.<br>
><br>
> We are a bunch of crusty ol' farts and some of us have truly horrible<br>
> pack-rat tendencies!<br>
><br>
> Maybe we should have a meeting that is a show-n-tell session of old gear<br>
> that we can still _make_work_. Antiquated technologies demonstration.<br>
> Maybe<br>
> even some ancient Linux on floppy installs that can be done onto that old<br>
> 386 you know you still have.<br>
><br>
> I'm sure Aaron has an amiga (or twelve) he could demo. :-)<br>
><br>
> Hmm. What is the oldest rig we can scrounge, slap Linux on it and add as<br>
> many externals as possible and make it all work. Dual monitor i386SX with<br>
> ata & scsi and floppy with network card, modem, scanner, ham rig, printer,<br>
> sound card, etc...<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> --<br>
> James P. Kinney III<br>
> Actively in pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness<br>
> Doing pretty well on all 3 pursuits<br>
><br>
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