Oye! Oye! Oye! Build Your Own Box! But Don't Do It Alone! Sponsored by ESSI, Hanger 18, The Austin Linux Group, Austin Cypherpunks, & LinuxLink, Inc. Pass it around!!!!!!!! (Yeah, this means you) Where you say? Emperor Systems Dan Lee Vogler 2538 S. Congress Avenue #300 (3rd floor) 512-440-1132 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Noon until 6pm What is going on? We'll be helping build a variety of boxes and hosting some short talks and demonstrations. We're still working on the talk/demo's, but if you're interested in doing one then contact, Jim Choate [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512-451-7087 At least one of the talks will be by Stu Green (one of the founders of ALG) on his proposal for a 'Open Source Forge' here in Austin. Why would I be interested? The purpose of the BYOB is to help users of Plan 9 and Linux (or Inferno, or QNX, or BSD, or ...) to network in the community. We do this by helping people build their first box, update or upgrade an existing machine, or perhaps provide some other service to the user community (e.g. a talk on public key management). So, if you've a small business or a particular interest in some application you might want to consider giving a short (30 min. or up) talk or demonstration. Hangar 18 in particular is hoping to make considerable gains in providing a public access Plan 9 resource site through these activities. With regard to Plan 9 machines, we recommend the following minimums for a IO/Auth server (the 'entry' level server): K6 or Pentium One - 75MHz or better 32 Meg RAM or more 540 Meg ide HD or more S3 Virge or ATI Rage-128 PCI video card w/ 4Meg or more Intel or 3COM PCI NIC card THREE ( 3 ) button PS/2 mouse ( not a wheel mouse ) 4X or better ATAPI/ide CD-ROM drive. 1.44 Floppy Drive For more information on Plan 9 or the Hangar 18 Co-Op please visit, http://einstein.ssz.com/hangar18 Mr. OLU at Low Budget PC has all these parts "CHEAP" at 707-8044. (And no, they're not directly involved and we dont receive any sort of return for endorsment - not that this is mind you) Many thanks to Dan of Emperor Systems in providing a location to make this possible. With respect to refreshments, we ask everyone to try to bring something. Several of us are going to try and raise enough $$$ by donation to get a Chinese take out around 2pm for all attendee's. We currently have $60 donated. Please consider helping out in this fine culinary endeavour. We hope to see you there!
