HardwareLogic Project

[garetjax]

Originally Posted by Capper

...which is tough when we can't even get people to DIGG this thread.

No kidding. For those of you that want to help with this project, one of the biggest ways to contribute is to:

Digg It!

[Elysium]

Originally Posted by Capper

My address is listed in the first post, and in a post on the last page

So send all donations directly to you, eh... OK, thanks for the clarification.

[playafly187]

Hey everyone, Shawn here from OCIA.net

I just dugg the link and created a thread over in our forum:

OCIA.net Forums :: View topic - Hardware Logic Project

Already have a brand new Sempron donated, hopefully we can get a lot more stuff donated and sent over.

This is a great idea and I really hope the project goes well!

[garetjax]

Originally Posted by playafly187

Hey everyone, Shawn here from OCIA.net

I just dugg the link and created a thread over in our forum:

OCIA.net Forums :: View topic - Hardware Logic Project

Already have a brand new Sempron donated, hopefully we can get a lot more stuff donated and sent over.

This is a great idea and I really hope the project goes well!

Welcome to HL, Shawn! Thank you very much for your participation and donation. =)

[Capper]

I got one of the laptops from Jeremy, who works from San Bernadino County. Its an older Pentium III, with 64MB of RAM. I'm trying to figure out what we can do with these......not enough memory to use any Open Source OS or anything like that.....

right now, I've talked to Jeremy about maybe doing a fundraiser, or auction off some of my personal hardware, and using that money to buy the $20 Pentium 4 systems they have.....a P4 would run Ubuntu or Fedora no problem.....but then we'll still need to figure out keyboards, mice,
and monitors.

Which brings us to this, do you think as a community it makes more sense to donate unused hardware, or $20? $20 buys a system, which i can clean up, install an OS on, and then hopefully deliver to the program.

[garetjax]

Originally Posted by Capper

Which brings us to this, do you think as a community it makes more sense to donate unused hardware, or $20? $20 buys a system, which i can clean up, install an OS on, and then hopefully deliver to the program.

Personally, I feel that monetary donations are just as good as computer equipment donations. The fact of the matter is that there are people who do not have ready access to computer hardware to donate, thus they are not able to "participate" in this program as they would like. I think by offering a way for people to donate money to this worthy cause is as good, if not better, way to help support this project.

Originally Posted by Capper

right now, I've talked to Jeremy about maybe doing a fundraiser, or auction off some of my personal hardware, and using that money to buy the $20 Pentium 4 systems they have.....a P4 would run Ubuntu or Fedora no problem.....but then we'll still need to figure out keyboards, mice, and monitors.

As far as monitors, keyboards and mice go, don't fret. I belong to an organization at Penn State University that rehabs old computers and donates them to non-profit organizations. I can get oodles of mice, keyboards and CRT monitors at any time.

[Stormcrow]

How many P4 systems are there? I agree with Garet, I don't have much to donate but 20 bucks is easily something I can spare. And if we can get the monitors, mice and keyboards that easily, theres no reason not to take both. Maybe set up an account to which people can donate from cards or Paypal, and then have pictures of the systems in hand so they know thats where the cash is going. Then accept hardware donations as well, I'm sure people won't mind if they get a P4 system or an Athlon XP. This could also be better for people overseas who want to help but can't pay for the shipping.

[garetjax]

With the amount of attention and participation that this project has received thus far, HardwareLogic management has decided to implement an additional way for people to participate in this worthy endeavor. Numerous inquires have been received about the possibility of donating money via PayPal in order to support this project, since some participants do not have computer equipment readily available in order to donate.

Therefore, a PayPal donation button has been created for exactly this purpose. The sole purpose of the donated funds will be used to purchase used, but working computer equipment from San Bernardino County in Southern California. These computers will be the basis for kick starting this project, as for every $20.00 donated nets a military family or disabled service member a working computer. The original post can be found here:

HardwareLogic Project

Here is a short snippet of the offer from Jeremy, an Information Security Specialist that works for the San Bernardino County and our point of contact for this venture:

Originally Posted by Jeremy (Audioman7)

Capper & Crew -

I presently work for San Bernardino County in SoCal as an Electronic (long title - means I wipe hard drives) and we take our old computers - Gateway,Dell, and some HP Pentium 4's - and sell them on on-line auctions at $20 each. Pentium 3 machines are $15 each. These are usually in lots of 10. My suggestion would be that if you were to call the SBC Purchasing Dept. and speak with Eddie Amaya you might be able to make some arrangements with him (maybe some donations or lower price and first right of offer) as he is Reserve status himself and very oriented to what you are doing.

As you can see, this is a great opportunity to get the ball rolling in assisting military families and disabled service members. For those people unable to donate used computer equipment, this is the perfect way to make an immediate difference in the lives of our military families and the disabled service members that have done so much for our country.

Help us by helping those in need by donating today! Click the "Donate" button located directly under the HardwareLogic banner, or click HERE to support this project!

[Capper]

I have a couple ideas I'm tossing around, i'll post an update as soon as I have something solid to share with you guys

[screwballl]

wow what happened to my post here... posted last night....

anyways for that laptop you mentioned Capper, I have a 64MB PC100 SoDIMM for a laptop of that same age... let me know if you can use it
also I have used a slight older but very usable Ubuntu 6.06 on older systems like that without a problem.