On Thursday, September 12, 2013 08:43:00 AM Justin Herman wrote: > Just some things to think about: > > Before we purchase equipment do we have a location where these computers > will live? (perkins or somewhere else)
A plan we've had for a long time was to get a desktop at the EE lab with the arduino IDE, eagle, and other design tools. Also, a replacement for the mac mini that runs the 3d printer would be excellent. Thirdly, a server-ish desktop that can run the Artemis server for us for LANs would be super useful and only brought out of the storage room when we use it. Though, I am looking into running it under Wine and keeping it on the jukebox machine. > > Have we used any other resources to acquire equipment? Contacting other > groups (makers alliance, Ham Clubs, ect) and trading, Looking on > Craigslist, going to Goodwill/Salvation Army, asking for donations from > members & benefactors? What if we setup a campaign and offered services for > a donation to the space? (IE Outside Computer work for a donation?) > > Maybe we could trade/sell some of the older items to afford the newer > equipment? > > Not trying to be a downer, but... $93.79-$250 seems like a lot of money > that wont draw more members. unlike a Kiln or other wishlist items. Nope, you're not. You're being pragmatic :) > > I think its awesome to improve the space and a group of working computers > is MUCH better than a graveyard of broken ones but last I saw we lost a few > members recently and our "lease" might need changed sooner rather than > later. > > Do we have a list of computer wish list items so we can start hunting for > them? (IE. hard drive with what size and connection type, Motherboard > Architecture & Ram Style, Monitors with VGA only or is DVI/HDMI/DP ok?) > > Let me know what you think. > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Omar Rassi <[email protected]> wrote: > > (If this is the second time you see this, I'm sorry, I forgot to put a > > subject header so I think it bounced when I sent this the first time) > > > > Howdy hackers! > > > > So there has been some new traffic at the space lately, new ideas have > > floated around. In order to facilitate this, I brought up a discussion at > > a > > previous meeting to build two computer workstations for the space using > > some of the computer parts that are already here. They can be used for > > design, programming, research, open houses, communication, can be used by > > the secretary or treasurer to do stuff, Bethany is talking about setting > > up > > some junior hacker program and they can use them, Chris and I have been > > talking about setting up network logins (LDAP, SSO) for each of our > > members > > (non-members can use a guest login), etc. However, he are short a few > > things, here's what WORKING parts we already have: > > > > 4 socket 775 processors > > 1 Socket AM2 processor > > 2 AGP video cards > > 1 PCI-Express x16 video card > > 1 PCI-express x1 Intel Gigabit network card > > 1 DDR2 memory DIMM > > at least 2 power supplies as of 1.5 months ago > > plenty of cases > > Hard drives of unusual sizes (HDUS) > > > > Using these parts, I can build at least two more workstations, with the > > potential to build 3 more if necessary. The following is a pricequote for > > the MINIMUM parts necessary to make ONE working computer. I'm proposing > > that we release some funds from our coffers to make this happen with a > > budget of $250 I can get the parts necessary, and purchase additional > > parts > > if necessary (I.E. if the power supplies that tested good blew when > > installing the OS and need to be replaced). All receipts will be declared > > to the membership and unused funds go back to the coffers. The equipment > > would be property of Synhak. > > > > PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1CiML > > Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1CiML/by_merchant/ > > Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1CiML/benchmarks/ > > > > CPU Cooler: Gelid Solutions CC-Siberian-01 51.9 CFM CPU Cooler ($8.70 @ > > Amazon) > > Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G41MT-S2PT Micro ATX LGA775 Motherboard ($59.98 > > @ SuperBiiz) > > Memory: Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($25.11 @ TigerDirect) > > Total: $93.79 > > (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) > > (Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-10 19:13 EDT-0400) > > > > I would also ask that if anyone has spare computer parts especially hard > > drives, motherboards, power supplies, or monitors (LCD or CRT) that are > > collecting dust to PLEASE donate them, especially if they are between 4 > > and > > 9 years old. Even if they are broken as I may be able to repair them. > > > > Thanks for your time, > > > > Omar > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
