On Thursday, September 19, 2013 01:16:05 PM Omar Rassi wrote: > Howdy hackers! > > I'm very pleased to announce that my campaign to introduce more > workstations to the space is a great success! Since I began tinkering and > discussing the subject, there have been a total of three working computers > added to our humble hackerspace. > > The electronics lab now has a fully functioning design suite of programs to > assist in the design of electronic circuits to include a simulator. Design > and/or make modifications without having to solder and resolder every idea > without leaving the lab. It is running Fedora 19 LXDE with the Electronics > lab spin installed. Hardware: Athlon XP 1600+, 2GB DDR 266, Geforce TI 200 > video. > > Another workstation has been added to the Perkins Room, running Fedora 19 > LXDE. Hardware: AMD Athlon II (Socket AM3), 2GB DDR3, Integrated Radeon HD > 4200. > > And the last computer is being used to replace our PBX box which went kaput > for an as of yet unknown reason. The goal for that is to use it with the > Cisco IP 7960 phones that were recently donated, set it up with a dedicated > google voice number for inbound and outbound calling to Syn/Hak. Currently > there is no phone number dedicated to the Space in general. > > This makes for 5 working computers usable by members and guests. > > space.kevlar is still down due to a possible RAID failure > > The old PBX box is down due to an unknown failure > > Dialbot (De Facto Syn/Hak mascot) is down due to a broken rotary dial > > We still need monitors, socket 775 motherboards, DDR2, DDR3, power > supplies, and one legitimate Windows Vista/7/8 Pro license (preferably with > a COA). > > Tonight, I will be moving the various unused, and working computer parts, > accessories, cables, to the storage area at the back of the Perkins Room. > The known bad computer parts will be placed at the electronics lab for use > as scrap (there are lots of capacitors waiting for harvest, hmmm soylent > green electronics). > > Special thanks goes out to Craig Bergdorf, Justin Herman, and Alex Kot for > their generous donations, time, and effort towards this ongoing subject > area. Thanks to the membership for making this place possible.
Omar, you are the most Excellent for writing all of this :) Thanks! _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
