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

["Paul L. Snyder" <plsnyder@drexel.edu>]

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