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[nycphp-talk] FW: FW: Free computer equipment: monitors, mice , keyboards, desktops

Hans Zaunere zaunere at yahoo.com
Tue Jul 16 18:33:07 EDT 2002


--- Tony Bollino <tbollino at weevinwebs.com> wrote:
> Hello!
> I am a middle school technology teacher in Frederick, MD.  I saw your
> message on NYPHP and was hoping that we could get a couple of those
> computers.  I would arrange for transportation (shipping) of the
> computers
> if you can give me a cost?

I took a look at ups.com and it seems like $20 per box... does that
seem right, and does anyone know if there are still boxes available?

> I am trying to run a LUG at my school and
> teach
> basic PHP/MySQL to the students.

That's great - I hope we can help out in some way.


HZ


> I am a beginner and I enjoy reading
> the
> "tips" I find on this use group.  Please let me know if we can work
> something out.
> 
> Tony Bollino
> Technology Coordinator
> Governor Thomas Johnson Middle School
> Frederick, MD
> anthony.bollino at fcps.org
> abollino at weevinwebs.com
> http://www.tjmiddle.org/
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Chuon [mailto:LarryC at indexstock.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:24 AM
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Subject: RE: [nycphp-talk] FW: FW: Free computer equipment: monitors,
> mice ,
> keyboards, desktops
> 
> On the same subject, I used to teach network, security, and basic
> programming classes to youths in the Bronx.  I have over two dozens
> of 486
> CPUs (IBM and Compaq) not in use at the moment.  They are great for
> Linux.
> If you are interested, please give me a buzz.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Kushner [mailto:nyphp at websapp.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 9:58 AM
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Subject: [nycphp-talk] FW: FW: Free computer equipment: monitors,
> mice,
> keyboards, desktops
> 
> FYI:
> 
> > I helped out with the cleanup a little bit at the H2K2 Conference
> > over the
> > weekend.  At the Hotel Pennsylvania, there's a pile of about 30
> > monitors
> > (most
> > 15" and 14"), a few Macs (Classics and SEs), 75 keyboards, 50 mice,
> > and many
> > cannibalized desktops (486's mostly, some 386's, too).  People were
> > after
> > the
> > hard drives and the memory in the desktops.
> >
> > They're all *free* to anyone who can pick them up, and they need to
> > get out
> > of
> > the hotel by close-of-business, Monday, July 15.  Can someone give
> > some of the equipment a good home?  Call the hotel (PE6-5000) for
> > more info,
> > but at press time, there wasn't a very structured plan on moving
> the
> > equipment.  The staffers were beginning to make arrangements to
> > move the stuff, but they only identified potentially interested
> > parties to
> > contact (like Goodwill).
> >
> > All the equipment is on the Mezzanine Level (in the Pavillion
> area),
> > where
> > the
> > Sports Authority used to reside.
> >
> 
> 


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