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The October 20, 2012 [[hackathons|hackathon]] will feature a charity computer build-athon in the classroom.
 
The October 20, 2012 [[hackathons|hackathon]] will feature a charity computer build-athon in the classroom.
  
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To help us organize, tell us what you can bring:
 
To help us organize, tell us what you can bring:
 
* Mark Jenkins
 
* Mark Jenkins
** ~20 SDRAM sticks varying in size from 64M to 256M
 
** 10 60G, PATA hard drives
 
 
** 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)
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* Ben Bergman
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** ~20 PS/2 keyboards
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** box of assorted motherboards, graphics cards, RAM, cables, etc (all pretty old, no cases)
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** ~10 CRTs (will only bring down if requested)
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* Back elavator pile
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** 14 DDR based machines in various state of good and bad repair, including 4 shuttles
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* PC parts collection in workshop
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** Power supplies
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** DDR RAM
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** Video cards
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** CD drives
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** Motherboards
  
 
==Worse case machine==
 
==Worse case machine==
The above drive image can run on some pretty bad hardware:
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We'd like machines to be at least this good:
* Pentium II (i686 compatible), 233MHZ
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* Fast enough for software H263 software decoding (e.g. youtube), Intel Pentium IV (or equivilent architechure celeron) or AMD Duron, Athlon, or better
* 256M of SDRAM with 66MHz bus (more likely to be 100MHz bus)
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* 512M of DDR SDRAM
 
* 20G hard drive
 
* 20G hard drive
* PCI network card
 
* ISA or PCI sound card
 
* PCI or AGP 1x/2x video
 
 
Please bring hardware at least as good as this, note that 586 and earlier processors, including Pentium I, AMD K6, AMD Geode, and Via C3 are not 686 compatible. (Requirement for Lbuntu 12.04)
 

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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