[ale] geezer notice with meeting idea

[Jim Kinney]

How true! That older hardware is more robust than some of this newer stuff.

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.

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:35 PM, John G. Heim <jheim at math.wisc.edu> wrote:

> You know, if you build that thing, it might have a practical use as a
> computer for a blind person. Not that anyone would actually want it given
> that in most communities you can pick up a P4 for nothing from someone who
> doesn't want to pay the disposal fee.
>
> Still, I use my original pentium laptop with54 Mb of RAM practically every
> day. You can install linux with speech, mail, web browser, text editor, etc
> in less than 512 Mb.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:20 AM
> Subject: [ale] geezer notice with meeting idea
>
>
> > 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.
> >
> > We are a bunch of crusty ol' farts and some of us have truly horrible
> > pack-rat tendencies!
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > I'm sure Aaron has an amiga (or twelve) he could demo. :-)
> >
> > 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...
> >
> > --
> > --
> > James P. Kinney III
> > Actively in pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness
> > Doing pretty well on all 3 pursuits
> >
>
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James P. Kinney III
Actively in pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness
Doing pretty well on all 3 pursuits
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