Re: Hardware donations

["Allen B. Riddell" <ariddell concentric net>]

Where can I buy old 486's? Do companies who are upgrading just throw them
away? Or do they sell them cheap to someplace?

-abr

At 09:54 AM 12/20/98 +0400, you wrote:
>"...  On 386 and 486 there is too much trouble getting them to run Linux .."
>
>Hhmm.  I thought that that is one of the strengths of Linux?  Allowing you
>to save your 486 instead of dumping them.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ramon Gandia <rfg nook net>
>To: redhat-list redhat com <redhat-list redhat com>
>Date: Sunday, 20 December, 1998 5:54 AM
>Subject: Re: Hardware donations
>
>
>>Brett Jones wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello All. I'm starting to put together a small computer lab for my
>>> local elementary school. I need some advice/help from the collective.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of a good program for computer donations? Or if there
>>> any sys admin people who have some old equipment there getting ready to
>>> trash, I would love to talk to you.
>>
>>If you are an official public school, and the donation is to the
>>school and not an organization within the school, you will have no
>>problems in getting donations.  You just need to give out receipts
>>for the donation and the donor gets a tax break. But.
>>
>>If you get computers of Pentium 75 or less, its not worth it.
>>
>>Also,  check to see who is paying the shipping.
>>
>>Old computers 8086/80286, old Macs, old Apple-II series are just
>>not worth it.  Nothing really usable.  On 386 and 486 there is too
>>much trouble getting them to run Linux and/or Win95 to justify
>>the expenditure of time.  For school employees, time is valuable
>>and has to be factored in.
>>
>>Good luck.
>>
>>
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