Benjamin Folk Jr. on 30 Oct 2007 20:31:48 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] free monitors (Sun and SGI)


One more thing... Usually I take them to the job where they have a group
that distributes them also.  I was trying to give the folks at P.L.U.G
first dibs on the stuff although it is rather old.  Thanks for the
info...

On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 16:26 -0400, Benjamin Folk Jr. wrote:
> The town watch folks took 3 of them for a video surveillance project and
> friends grabbed the other 2.  It was sort of cool, but didn't rain on
> Sunday.  
> 
> On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 15:25 -0400, zuzu wrote:
> > On 10/28/07, Benjamin Folk Jr. <ben.folk@comcast.net> wrote:
> > > There are now 5 monitors out there.  I am also getting rid of a Sun
> > > external SCSI CDROM unit (Model 411).
> > 
> > out in the rain and the cold?  also, the lead and other toxins in the
> > CRT aren't really the best thing environmentally to be discarding in
> > the general trash pickup.  (I've often wondered why garbage companies
> > aren't more concerned/liable economically about receiving
> > hazardous/polluting materials.)
> > 
> > also, for working monitors, I think that a club at UPenn and some
> > other community centers (e.g. A-Space on Baltimore Ave.) will
> > warehouse them and then distribute them to poor/needy people.  of
> > course transport is an issue, but at least keep that in mind.
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