On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:40:40 +1200 Steve Holdoway wrote: > > I would much rather see a small PC with a wireless card. That way, useful > info could also be stored on it, kept up-to-date by any with free/spare > broadband access, and then made available easily at meetings. > > I've got a knackered-looking old itx based system with 20GB I'd be happy to > donate (to CLUG), but it needs a riser card to put pci cards in. Wap a DVD > burner in and it's be really useful(tm). > > Any other suggestions? I think whatever happens, it should be running linux, > which this one doesn't/won't. > > My (smaller than before) $0.02, > > Steve
That sounds like a good start, I'd like to see us able to leave it set up permanently in the computer room there, with maybe an aerial in the meeting room? what would you recommend for a PCI 802.11 b/g card, atheros I guess, with the ability to have an external aerial. With 20G we could easily house the latest iso's for the major/popular distros -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
