Re: [K12OSN] Up for grabs

BMan (bman@bman.is-a-geek.org)

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Will do!  Just glad I can help!

Regards,
BMan

David Bucknell wrote:

>This is definitely worth praising, BMan. Fantastic! You're a model of altrusism!
>
>I'd like to follow this story for news.schoolforge.net, so, if you're willing,
>please keep us/me informed.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>David
>Quoting BMan :
>
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>>FYI.  I have two Gents interested in the PII equipment.  To make it a 
>>viable solution, Each will receive enough machines for a lab and I'm 
>>going to throw in an IBM Netfinity 5000 server and insure each station 
>>has a NIC card.  No promises on finding a switch or Hub but I'll try. 
>> :)  If the shipping/pick up arrangements fall through, I let everyone 
>>know they're still available.
>>
>>For those of you who missed out, I still have some sparc 5's left. 
>> They'll run solaris 7 and/or Aurora Sparc Linux.  In time I may also 
>>come up with some more clients.
>>
>>Regards,
>>BMan
>>
>>BMan wrote:
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>>>If anyone needs more PII class machines for terminals, I have a bunch 
>>>I can part with.  I also have a gang of sparc 5's that can be used as 
>>>terminals, firewalls and/or stand alone Solaris or Aurora Sparc Linux  
>>>machines( http://auroralinux.org/ ) based on the 7.3 Red Hat distro, 
>>>I've mentioned Tom Callaway (Spot) in other postings.  These are 32bit 
>>>machines and I have incorporated them into LTSP setups before.  They 
>>>run much quicker as terminals than stand alones however they are not 
>>>that bad seeing they use a 32bit kernel. 
>>>There are a few steps to take for them to be integrated into an LTSP 
>>>setup however, since Sparc uses the Open Boot Eprom no boot disk or HD 
>>>is needed what so ever it is not that hard to setup.  :)  These 
>>>machines are  110Mhz (remember 32bit though)  128Mb of Ram most have 
>>>floppies and nics and frame buffers.  All have a couple of HD's in 
>>>them along with a basic Solaris 7 load if you just want to run them as 
>>>stand alones and give the kids expericne with solaris.
>>>
>>>Any takers?  If so, you pay shipping and they're yours.  :)  Let me 
>>>know if your interested and I will fill requests using FIFO (first in 
>>>first out) approach.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>BMan
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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Will do!  Just glad I can help!

Regards,

BMan

David Bucknell wrote:

  This is definitely worth praising, BMan. Fantastic! You're a model of altrusism!

I'd like to follow this story for news.schoolforge.net, so, if you're willing,
please keep us/me informed.

Sincerely,

David
Quoting BMan <bman@bman.is-a-geek.org>:

    FYI.  I have two Gents interested in the PII equipment.  To make it a 
viable solution, Each will receive enough machines for a lab and I'm 
going to throw in an IBM Netfinity 5000 server and insure each station 
has a NIC card.  No promises on finding a switch or Hub but I'll try. 
 :)  If the shipping/pick up arrangements fall through, I let everyone 
know they're still available.

For those of you who missed out, I still have some sparc 5's left. 
 They'll run solaris 7 and/or Aurora Sparc Linux.  In time I may also 
come up with some more clients.

Regards,
BMan

BMan wrote:

      If anyone needs more PII class machines for terminals, I have a bunch 
I can part with.  I also have a gang of sparc 5's that can be used as 
terminals, firewalls and/or stand alone Solaris or Aurora Sparc Linux  
machines( http://auroralinux.org/ ) based on the 7.3 Red Hat distro, 
I've mentioned Tom Callaway (Spot) in other postings.  These are 32bit 
machines and I have incorporated them into LTSP setups before.  They 
run much quicker as terminals than stand alones however they are not 
that bad seeing they use a 32bit kernel. 
There are a few steps to take for them to be integrated into an LTSP 
setup however, since Sparc uses the Open Boot Eprom no boot disk or HD 
is needed what so ever it is not that hard to setup.  :)  These 
machines are  110Mhz (remember 32bit though)  128Mb of Ram most have 
floppies and nics and frame buffers.  All have a couple of HD's in 
them along with a basic Solaris 7 load if you just want to run them as 
stand alones and give the kids expericne with solaris.

Any takers?  If so, you pay shipping and they're yours.  :)  Let me 
know if your interested and I will fill requests using FIFO (first in 
first out) approach.

Regards,
BMan

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