[conspire] Re: Box needed for open source demo ; -> (was: box needed for FLOSS demo)

[Christian Einfeldt]

On Monday 02 May 2005 20:30, Rick Moen wrote:
> Christian Einfeldt <einfeldt at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > I am going to be demoing a FLOSS (free libre open source
> > software) box (computer) for a principal of a local SF charter
> > school on Monday May 9 in San Francisco.  Does anyone in the
> > Bay Area have a decent box to give away?  More than 1 gig chip
> > speed would be nice, and it would also be nice if it had 512 MB
> > RAM.  A smallish hard drive is okay.  Actually, anything is
> > okay.
>
> Christian, I could _lend_ a slightly lower-spec machine (400 MHz
> Celeron w/320MB RAM), if you can arrange pickup and redelivery
> from/to Menlo Park. 

Thanks for the offer, but that would be a bit tough.  

> I wish you luck on getting for free a unit 
> with >1GHz CPU and 512MB RAM: A quick check on eBay suggests such
> machines now tend to run around $500 used, so it would probably
> have to be someone who either has money to burn or really, really
> likes you.  ;->

The freako thing is that I have actually been given two boxes 
meeting this description, and I gave them out with Xandros on them! 

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