[conspire] old laptops to give

Tony Godshall tony at of.net
Thu Jul 7 15:33:03 PDT 2011


I give all my old computers, working or not, to places
like accrc.org, where volunteers test them, rebuild them,
install linux on them, and give them to needy schools,
nonprofits, and individual.  I've presonally participated
in a couple of their installfests.

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 10:20 PM, Ehud Kaldor <ehud.kaldor at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> i have 3 old laptops, a Dell Latitude D630 and 2 Lenovo (IBM) T43, one
> fat and one slim. all in some dysfunctional state:
>
> the Dell has a broken screen, and after some minutes of working heats up
> shuts down (opening it verified fan is not spinning), and the 2 IBMs
> have similar issues (though they say so at boot: 'fan error', and
> shutdown unless escape), and i verified fan issues, indeed, on one. both
> also have some minor keyboard/pad issues.
>
>
> they probably are at least good for parts, and if someone out there may
> want to try and Frankenstein them into living some way, i also have the
> power supply and even docking for all. so, let me know if you want them.
>
>
> Ehud
>
>
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