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Re: [PLUG] OT: hw repo (was What to do w/ 3-yr-old outboard CD burner?)
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Not a bad idea... I have a ton of stuff I will never use (I've been putting
old hardware out for the trash every single week for 2 months. It's not gone
yet).
As you say, storage is the problem. Maybe we need a "geekcycle" along the
lines of freecycle :)
-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org
[mailto:plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org] On Behalf Of brent timothy saner
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 11:35 AM
To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List
Subject: [PLUG] OT: hw repo (was What to do w/ 3-yr-old outboard CD burner?)
Oooh, on that note.. What if we had like a community hardware repo- we
donate our legacy but still functional hardware to it in case someone else
needs it (as demonstrated by this email)?
Only problem is where to stor them...
I know I've needed an old case for a routerbox I'm buildiing (the one I'm
builind's mobo don't support booting from usb, has only one ide and no sata!
And has no PXE-boot capabiliyies) and since looks don't matter I've been
holding out hoping for a little ancient case I could use to do some mounting
magic on
(lack of GPG due to message sent via blackberry device)
-----Original Message-----
From: <jonathan@jdsnetwork.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:32:45
To: 'Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion
List'<plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Subject: Re: [PLUG] What to do w/ 3-yr-old outboard CD burner?
I could use one, if only for a week or two, to get ubuntu on my ancient
tablet...
Just saying ;)
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From: plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org
[mailto:plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org] On Behalf Of Floyd Johnson
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 10:40 AM
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: [PLUG] What to do w/ 3-yr-old outboard CD burner?
In cleaning up my place, I found a functional Iomega CD burner I'd
originally bought for use with a laptop that had no internal CD
deck-successfully using it to install RHEL3 is a long story from 2005.
It's a fair assumption that the W*ndows drivers can be downloaded, and I
know that the Linux driver has been part of the kernel since before 2.6.x.
Having gotten a more modern rig recently (built-in burner), I no longer
have need of the device.
Is it best to send it off to the IT recycling people, try to get a tax
deduction for donating it to a "close-the-digital-divide" organization,
or try to sell the thing?
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