Paul L. Snyder on 13 Mar 2015 12:08:28 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] Fwd: Philadelphia Hacker Group hardware donation


Note that Hunter is not on the list. You'll need to contact him directly
to get more details.

Paul

On Fri, 13 Mar 2015, Kyle Yankanich wrote:

> Hey Hunter, I would absolutely love to grab 2 of those Serial Terminals to
> put to use (assuming they can fit in a car?). I'll also ask around the
> hackerspace to see if anyone else is interested.
> 
> Thanks for trying to find old hardware good homes.
> 
> -Kyle Yankanich
> http://hive76.org
> Publicist
> 
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Kyle Yankanich <kyleyankanich@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hey Hunter, I would absolutely love to grab 2 of those Serial Terminals to
> > put to use (assuming they can fit in a car?). I'll also ask around the
> > hackerspace to see if anyone else is interested.
> >
> > Thanks for trying to find old hardware good homes.
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Paul L. Snyder <plsnyder@drexel.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> ----- Forwarded message from hunter hutchinson <
> >> hunter.hutchinson@gmail.com> -----
> >>
> >> From: hunter hutchinson <hunter.hutchinson@gmail.com>
> >> Subject: Fwd: Philadelphia Hacker Group hardware donation
> >> To: Paul Snyder <paul@pataprogramming.com>
> >> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 13:09:41 -0500
> >>
> >> I recently moved home to Louisiana.  I am trying to sell my house in
> >> Fishtown/Philadelphia.
> >> I have a significant amount of antique/old computer hardware that I need
> >> to
> >> give to somebody.  I would prefer that it goes to somebody who would have
> >> some sort of use for it rather than see it go to a scrapper.
> >>
> >> What I have:
> >>
> >>    - 12+ Sun Sparc "pizza box" workstations.  in various states, none
> >>    running.  Sparc 5, 10 and 20 (not ultra sparc).
> >>    - 12+ HP-UX "pizza box" workstations.
> >>    - a lot (15+) of at/atx and rackmount PC cases.  I was mainly planning
> >>    to use the sheet metal for robotics projects.  it wasn't worth it to
> >> move
> >>    this stuff.  Quite a number of 1u rackmount cases.
> >>
> >> *Now what I really want to see go preferably to a hacker space/group *is
> >> about *15+ AT&T/Teletype Hardcopy Serial Terminals*.  These were bought
> >> new
> >> in a lot from a US Military Auction.  We have manuals, power cables and in
> >> some cases cartridges.  These are *really* cool and i would be very sad to
> >> see them thrown away.  These would be great for your twitter feed or daily
> >> news printouts.  but you can also hook up a serial keyboard to them (which
> >> i don't have, you'd probably have to make your own) and use it as a serial
> >> terminal.  Mostly metal body, the last production line to bear the
> >> Teletype
> >> Corp moniker.  These could also be used by a mixed-media artist for a very
> >> cool piece.
> >>
> >> I will be in Philly March 16-21 and could meet somebody at the house to
> >> load into their vehicle.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Hunter.
> >> 267 251 4718
> >>
> >> --
> >> Hunter Hutchinson
> >> ----- End forwarded message -----
> >>
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