On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 08:10 -0500, Robert Citek wrote:
> [...]Theresa Kehoe wrote:
> > - bring upstairs, test 15 keyboards/mice - gather up bags with
> > keyboards/mice/cords/cables/headphones (not getting speakers this
> > time) -- Robert may have done some of this in the last few weeks, not
> > sure? - bring upstairs, test 15 monitors
>
> All of the above items (with the exception of the heaphones) are in the
> basement against the North wall. When facing the North wall, the
> monitors are on the shelves on the right while the rest are in labeled
> boxes on the left. Although they all have (or had) green stickers, I
> have not personally tested any of the hardware myself.
Green stickers means a volunteer actually plugged in the device, and
made sure the monitor displays properly, or the keyboard types, etc.
before putting it downstairs. The headphones, I think, are in bags, on
the table where we are storing the finished graduate machines. Jacob
selected two different types; the small ear buds on a cord for the kids,
and the larger felt-covered disks on a half-circle band for the adults.
> However, I have not gathered the individual pieces into bags.
>
> When folks bring the monitors out of the basement, where should the
> monitors be put?
Wherever we can fit a stack of 15 monitors until Saturday.
> > There is another machine I labeled "needs work!" and put on a
> > triage/repair workstation, which may be better to part out than to
> > burn up time testing it. Depends on who feels like a challenge.
>
> What symptoms does it exhibit?
Sorry I don't remember all the details (that was toward the very end of
a very long day -- 10am to 6:15pm without a lunch break!). Among other
things, it was taking more than 5 minutes to boot up. Either the power
supply or the cooling fan sounded asthmatic. And there was something
odd about the BIOS, too. Maybe Jerry Hubbard remembers more -- he
showed up late in the afternoon, and helped me finish up the last few
machines.
> > Another former Linux graduate has had a parent purchase them a
> > printer; they will bring computer and printer into the shop next
> > week, hopefully one of the Linux volunteers will be able to take a
> > look at it (most likely set up CUPS).
>
> Do we know the name and model of the printer?
Nope.
> > See you all next Saturday!
>
> Will be there.
Wonderful!!! Did Dave H talk to you yet about teaching the class? He
thinks he's not going to be available. I already printed up the list of
gmail accounts you created, those are stored with the attendance sheet.
Week 6 is learning email, summary, how to assemble the computer once
it's home, etc.
t.
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