On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 09:37:03PM -0800, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > Assuming we have a clinic on Sunday (with only a week to > go before Newtonmass, most people will be at the mall > purchasing apples and reflecting telescopes), I'm may > bring in the Zotac ZBOX B1320 which I just received > from Newegg. $90 for the machine, $60 for 8GB of RAM, > and $60 for a 1TB hard disk. Quiet little guy.
On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 07:42:11AM -0800, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > I'd like to see that ZBOX, so please bring it. Sorry to Michael (who responded) and two others who did not respond but were expecting me to bring the Zotac. Sunday mornings before Clinic are hectic, I usually don't get a chance to check email beforehand, so I should have specified an earlier email response. Meanwhile, we kept pretty busy at clinic, doing a Mint reinstall for a storebox that was not set up correctly, and two attempted installs of Arch with inadequate instructions. All that took up a lot of table space. Clinic was full; I was surprised at how many people showed up three shopping days before Newtonmass. SO, a proposal: On Saturday December 27, we can play with the Zotac, and attempt to set it up in dual workstation mode, and then attempt to make it switchable to cloned-screen mode without restarting X (?). We won't have space at Freegeek for that, so two possible venues are: 1) My place in West Slope between Beaverton and Portland. Two bus lines, either 4 blocks north or south, location and details on request. Theoretically, 15Mb download bandwidth, though many websites seem slow-to-very-slow lately. 2) Someplace in inner Portland with lots of table space, good internet connectivity, and no pet emissions. This is supoptimal unless the place has lots of spare parts, cables, and nearby stores with computer gizzies. Please let me know soon so we can schedule; if I don't set aside the time I will plan something else for that Saturday. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
