Re: [LUG] monitors

[Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx>]

Perfect! Thanks Ian.

On 31 Jul, 2013, at 11:19 am, Ian Dickinson wrote:

> Hi Phil,
> I could get as far as Wincanton, I'm sure :) However, while it might
> be instructive for your kids to tinker with, I'm not sure how much of
> an upgrade the towers would be! They are pretty old. How about I get
> the kit to you, and you can decide whether to keep it or pass it along
> the chain?
>
> Ian
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 31/07/13 10:45, Philip Hudson wrote:
> > > On 31 Jul, 2013, at 12:01 am, Ian Dickinson wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have some old, but working, kit I'd like to clear out of the  
> > > > way -
> > > > two CPU towers (one's an HP with a P4 and 1Gb ram, can't remember  
> > > > what
> > > > the other one has inside) with flat screen monitors. I'd be happy  
> > > > to
> > > > donate them to any worthy cause, but I'm up in Somerset and don't  
> > > > come
> > > > down to Devon very often. Does anyone travel up Glastonbury way who
> > > > might be willing to courier them? Or, alternatively, anyone know of
> > > > anyone out this way who might be able to put them to good use?
> > >
> > > I have a friend who lives near Totnes and regularly visits
> > > Glastonbury, not a techie but I'm sure he'd be glad to haul the kit
> > > for a good cause. Alternatively, I'm in Wincanton and I'm always  
> > > glad
> > > of extra kit for my own and my family's use. The kids would be
> > > thrilled to upgrade from their ancient machine.
> >
> >
> >
> > All sounds good to me,  while i requested items for centre peace,  
> > if we
> > can re-distribute working kit in general to give it extra life for  
> > few
> > years than that would be a good thing,   So if some make it to  
> > paignton
> > great, if it ends up else where then again that is good.   Its better
> > than going to recycling centres to be broken up when it works,  and  
> > can
> > be used to the benefit of people.
> >
> > Monitors + vga input + htmi to vga converts are great for raspberry  
> > pi's
> > and other single board computers.
> >
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
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