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| − | Members are encouraged bring parts to be assembled into fully working machines. | + | The October 20, 2012 [[hackathons|hackathon]] will feature a charity computer build-athon in the classroom. |
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| + | Members are encouraged to bring parts to be assembled into fully working machines to be given away or for donations. | ||
| + | (just desktop/towers,recipients can get their own keyboard, mouse, and monitor) | ||
==Parts anticipated== | ==Parts anticipated== | ||
To help us organize, tell us what you can bring: | To help us organize, tell us what you can bring: | ||
* Mark Jenkins | * Mark Jenkins | ||
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** Lubuntu 12.04 hard drive image with 30+ tested games and hours of creative commons licensed music | ** Lubuntu 12.04 hard drive image with 30+ tested games and hours of creative commons licensed music | ||
** Two USB hard drive cradles (for drive imaging) | ** Two USB hard drive cradles (for drive imaging) | ||
| + | * Ben Bergman | ||
| + | ** ~20 PS/2 keyboards | ||
| + | ** box of assorted motherboards, graphics cards, RAM, cables, etc (all pretty old, no cases) | ||
| + | ** ~10 CRTs (will only bring down if requested) | ||
| + | * Back elavator pile | ||
| + | ** 14 DDR based machines in various state of good and bad repair, including 4 shuttles | ||
| + | * PC parts collection in workshop | ||
| + | ** Power supplies | ||
| + | ** DDR RAM | ||
| + | ** Video cards | ||
| + | ** CD drives | ||
| + | ** Motherboards | ||
==Worse case machine== | ==Worse case machine== | ||
| − | + | We'd like machines to be at least this good: | |
| − | * Pentium | + | * Fast enough for software H263 software decoding (e.g. youtube), Intel Pentium IV (or equivilent architechure celeron) or AMD Duron, Athlon, or better |
| − | * | + | * 512M of DDR SDRAM |
* 20G hard drive | * 20G hard drive | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:49, 4 October 2017
This page has been archived. All information in this article is historical.The October 20, 2012 hackathon will feature a charity computer build-athon in the classroom.
Members are encouraged to bring parts to be assembled into fully working machines to be given away or for donations. (just desktop/towers,recipients can get their own keyboard, mouse, and monitor)
Parts anticipated
To help us organize, tell us what you can bring:
- Mark Jenkins
- Lubuntu 12.04 hard drive image with 30+ tested games and hours of creative commons licensed music
- Two USB hard drive cradles (for drive imaging)
- Ben Bergman
- ~20 PS/2 keyboards
- box of assorted motherboards, graphics cards, RAM, cables, etc (all pretty old, no cases)
- ~10 CRTs (will only bring down if requested)
- Back elavator pile
- 14 DDR based machines in various state of good and bad repair, including 4 shuttles
- PC parts collection in workshop
- Power supplies
- DDR RAM
- Video cards
- CD drives
- Motherboards
Worse case machine
We'd like machines to be at least this good:
- Fast enough for software H263 software decoding (e.g. youtube), Intel Pentium IV (or equivilent architechure celeron) or AMD Duron, Athlon, or better
- 512M of DDR SDRAM
- 20G hard drive
