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On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 08:07:08PM +0000, Tom Brough wrote: > M.Blackmore wrote: > > >On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 23:19 +0000, Tom Brough wrote: > > > > > > > >>The guy I am shipping them to aparently has a set of operational 486's > >>so I guess the answer is yes they have the juice to run them. > >> > >> > > > >That's better than the couple of projects I was involved in a few years > >back, where they only had a solar panel or two (disconnect the water > >pump at the appropriate time...) and a couple of water lifting windmills > >that had been generatored. Watts rather than kilowatts. > > > >Someone here in the small town/village we've just moved to has an > >involvement with The Gambia, and in the place he's focussed on there are > >just some solar panels. Wonder if someone has ever rigged up a bicycle > >generator? Or an animal powered generator? > > > > > > > > > >>But I will > >>suggest that in order to save power he disconnects the hard drives and > >>uses them as thin clients only :-) another plus for LTSP technology ;-) > >> > >> > >> > >Can only help, but would the biggest contribution be flat screen? Must > >be older generation small flatscreens around 14", 15", people are > >ditching in favour of larger or higher resolutions ... they've been > >around a few years now. > > > >Must admit I've stuck my high-end mitsubishi diamondtron monitor into a > >cupboard just in case I even need something with excellent colour > >rendition (until such time as I can afford/prices drop/tech improves) > >flat screen stuff can reproduce colours accurately enough etc. > > > >-- > >The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > >Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the > >message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > > > > > > A quick google of linux bicycle reveals that there is quite a bit of > activity in this area, especially with voip. > > Anyway good news is that NAVTI have found the money so we are back on > for transportation :-). Problem is I wont have the quota I need in time :-( > > Tom. > What are you short of?
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