The Creative Minds Arts Center is a community arts center located at 3109 Troost in east Kansas City, Missouri. We run the Hip Hop Academy, an arts program for pre-teens and young teens. We host movies, concerts, plays, speakers, and art shows in our theater. The Crossroads Infoshop and Radical Bookstore is under our roof. We have a room full of donated computers (around 20-25) that we are trying to turn into a community computer lab. A geek from the Bay Area is in town this week and is volunteering his time to get these computers working and networked. These computers were donated to the CMAC two years ago. They are mostly Compaqs using the first generation of Pentium chips. We are planning to install Ubuntu on at least half of these computers. We are looking for CD-ROM drives, because most of these computers don't have them and it makes it easier to install software. We are also looking for memory. Volunteers are also appreciated and we won't frown if you donate other, more recent, computer equipment. Donations to this project are tax deductible. You are welcome to drop off parts and equipment during the following hours: Monday: 4-7 pm Wednesday: 1-5 pm Saturday: 1-5 pm We can arrange pickup of donated equipment, depending on what you are donating and your location. Chuck Crossroads Infoshop http://www.crossroadskc.org Creative Minds Arts Center 3109 Troost, KCMO
Speaking of donations, anyone have a spare socket 478 CPU and/or 1U heatsink/fan for such? Thanks, Luke
Chuck, If these really are first generation Pentiums, you may want to consider making them dumb terminals using one of the Linux Terminal Server projects. You'll have some trouble with graphics, but you may get a lot more mileage out of them. Also, I believe that Surplus Exchange has special deals for not-for-profit's, and they have a batch of CD drives I took them a while back.
I will have several working 17" and 15" monitors at the KCLUG meeting tonight to *give* away for FREE. Come on down to the downtown library between 6:00 and 8:45 and take what you want. All other takers are welcome as well. I just want to get rid of them. Enjoy, Jim Herrmann Chuck wrote:
The Creative Minds Arts Center is a community arts center located at 3109 Troost in east Kansas City, Missouri. We run the Hip Hop Academy, an arts program for pre-teens and young teens. We host movies, concerts, plays, speakers, and art shows in our theater. The Crossroads Infoshop and Radical Bookstore is under our roof.
We have a room full of donated computers (around 20-25) that we are trying to turn into a community computer lab. A geek from the Bay Area is in town this week and is volunteering his time to get these computers working and networked. These computers were donated to the CMAC two years ago. They are mostly Compaqs using the first generation of Pentium chips.
We are planning to install Ubuntu on at least half of these computers. We are looking for CD-ROM drives, because most of these computers don't have them and it makes it easier to install software. We are also looking for memory. Volunteers are also appreciated and we won't frown if you donate other, more recent, computer equipment.
Donations to this project are tax deductible.
You are welcome to drop off parts and equipment during the following hours:
Monday: 4-7 pm Wednesday: 1-5 pm Saturday: 1-5 pm
We can arrange pickup of donated equipment, depending on what you are donating and your location.
Chuck Crossroads Infoshop http://www.crossroadskc.org Creative Minds Arts Center 3109 Troost, KCMO _______________________________________________ Kclug mailing list Kclug@kclug.org http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug
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