[ale] [OT] Great Geek Giveaway!

[Chris Fowler]

Do you have any rackmounts I can install CentOS 4 on and run IRLP at
Bank of America Plaza in downtown ATL?  We are in need of a new sys.
Current one is a Compaq Desktop running  RH 9.


On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 11:22 -0400, 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 :-)
> 
> -- 
> -- 
> 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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