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Scott Moulton is reputed to have a computer museum. At least that is what he says. Maybe some of the more antiquated stuff could be sent to him for display purposes. You could visit on weekends... At least the path your apartment would be a little wider in spots. Every few years I have a catastrophic storage shed failure, or I would have almost as big a hoard of stuff. <BR>
Oldest rig to run Linux on.. if we use kernel 1.x the 386 or maybe an 8088. Use it as a bulletin board for the ALE list. Recursively predating Linux itself by some 8 years.<BR>
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<B>From</B>: Jim Kinney <<A HREF="mailto:Jim%20Kinney%20%3cjim.kinney@gmail.com%3e">jim.kinney@gmail.com</A>><BR>
<B>Reply-to</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale@ale.org><BR>
<B>To</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <<A HREF="mailto:Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20-%20Yes!%20We%20run%20Linux!%20%3cale@ale.org%3e">ale@ale.org</A>><BR>
<B>Subject</B>: [ale] geezer notice with meeting idea<BR>
<B>Date</B>: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:20:57 -0400<BR>
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Having participated in the "strut your geek cred stuff by showing off the dusty crap you used, or worse, still have" discussion, it occurred to me why the typical age of attendance at ALE meetings is rarely including those who cut their computer teeth on Win98. <BR>
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We are a bunch of crusty ol' farts and some of us have truly horrible pack-rat tendencies!<BR>
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Maybe we should have a meeting that is a show-n-tell session of old gear that we can still _make_work_. Antiquated technologies demonstration. Maybe even some ancient Linux on floppy installs that can be done onto that old 386 you know you still have.<BR>
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I'm sure Aaron has an amiga (or twelve) he could demo. :-)<BR>
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Hmm. What is the oldest rig we can scrounge, slap Linux on it and add as many externals as possible and make it all work. Dual monitor i386SX with ata & scsi and floppy with network card, modem, scanner, ham rig, printer, sound card, etc...<BR>
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James P. Kinney III<BR>
Actively in pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness <BR>
Doing pretty well on all 3 pursuits <BR>
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