Might be something to talk to our benefactor about. I don't mind using
a flash light, it just tends to be difficult when I do find something
or need both hands. In the meantime, I'm sure I'll figure something
out to manage.
Besides, I don't like mushrooms anyhow...lol.
Phil Goldbach
"Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades."
--- On *Sun, 3/21/10, Mike Cook /<mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
From: Mike Cook <mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: P3/Internet
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 3:18 PM
We have access to the light switches. Unfortunately the light
directly over out stock is not working. I had just a couple of
them on the Tuesday you were here. It didn't occur too me that you
were searching around in the dark. Sorry, we're not trying to
treat you like a mushroom ;-)
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Goldbach
Sent: Mar 21, 2010 4:18 AM
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: P3/Internet
Do we have access to the light switches above where our
inventory sits? I don't know why I didn't ask before, but it
would be a great help as opposed to searching with just a
flash light.
Most of our remaining stuff in inventory is just pure
"junk"-whether it needs to be recycled, demaned, or what have
you, that's the case. And whatever isn't "junk", it's either
stuff from the former lab, other misc. supplies, computers, I
think we have a pallet or two with just printers, or monitors.
I think that before we can take in major donations, we need to
go through all of this stuff since we are limited in our
storage space.
Phil Goldbach
"Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades."
--- On *Sat, 3/20/10, john jones /<rainman121065@xxxxxxxxx>/*
wrote:
From: john jones <rainman121065@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: P3/Internet
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 7:58 PM
oh i thought u can run an ethernet wire from here to china
and it would work i guess not
--- On *Sat, 3/20/10, Richard Zimmerman
/<csxt@xxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
From: Richard Zimmerman <csxt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: P3/Internet
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 10:22 AM
NOTHING FORMAL HAS BEEN DISCUSSED with SBWD in regards
to using their Internet access.
The only made the offer to run the cable to remotely
mount an access point for us to access the RBHS
network if we got it to work.
To recap, there is NO approval to use SBWD bandwidth.
The host is interest in hearing an offer from us. I
have NOT replied with an offer because we are (were)
attempting to get RBHS.
To physically run a line to SBWD we are looking @ 800
foot of wire. That is why I suggested the wireless
bridge idea.
Richard
On 3/20/2010 9:37 AM, Tom Brown wrote:
> Let me recap. The use of SBWD's bandwidth has been
approved, and they will run the cable if we have the
cable. Anything else discussed in talks with SBWD
management? Like monthly fee?
>
> If the run is longer than 300 ft., we will need a
repeater (hub) to boost the signal. I assume SBWD has
a router on which we can configure our own class C
network segment. I have an OpenDNS account which has
several DNS IPs we can use, or we can use SBWD's
default DNS.
>
> TigerDirect cat5e cable, 500 ft., $50
>
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=520046&CatId=2272
<http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=520046&CatId=2272>
>
> Maybe Marc can help us with Ethernet cable.
>
> Tom
>
> Chuq Jackels wrote:
>>
>> From our conversation with Management they would do
all of the wire running required with their forklift
and guys.
>>
>> *From:* frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
Behalf Of *Tom Brown
>> *Sent:* Friday, March 19, 2010 5:11 PM
>> *To:* frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* [frgeek-michiana] Re: P3/Internet
>>
>> Perhaps you, Phil and I can find the P3 gaylords
and move them close to the workshop door. If you
already know where the P3s are located, that will make
the task easier.
>>
>> I’ll need to speak to SBWD management: Are they are
willing to let us use their bandwidth? At what price?
And, where to run cable and connect to their network?
I believe SBWD has a scissor lift, but they probably
won’t let us use it because of liability issues. So
we’ll probably need to coordinate a daytime cable install.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
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>>
>> *From:* frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
Behalf Of *john jones
>> *Sent:* Friday, March 19, 2010 16:56
>> *To:* frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* [frgeek-michiana] P3/Internet
>>
>> If its ok with everybody else on Tues id like to
set up a table for just p3 and startin weedin through
some of them to see whats workable,ive noticed we have
tons of ethernet cable we have alot of long pieces
with no ends with some ends and a crimper and some
extenders we have enough to make it to the DHL
office,how u ask?we put the scapel together enough to
reach into the rafters and neatly zip-tie it to the
exisisting pipeage and route it to its
destination,just an idea......
>>
>> --- On *Fri, 3/19/10, john jones
/<rainman121065@xxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: john jones <rainman121065@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Ubuntu/P3
>> To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Friday, March 19, 2010, 11:28 AM
>>
>> Ubunto does work in p3 i have one with ubuntu had
it for like 3 months already and it hasnt given me any
problem and is just as fast as it was the day i loaded
it,its just the ones we get in are older then dirt and
tedious and time consumming to fix parts arent a
problem we have tons of power supplys ram/vc/ec/ect
for p3 but at 8 hours a week its almost virtually
impossible to put out any production
>>
>> --- On *Fri, 3/19/10, Tom Brown
/<tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report -
Thursday 03-11-2010
>> To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Friday, March 19, 2010, 5:48 AM
>>
>> Don't we have P3 systems to refurbish?
>>
>> I'm focusing on recruiting volunteers and haven't
started a marketing campaign to generate more computer
donations. Remember, there is a substantial lead time
before corporations dispose of assets. We've turned
down several large donations of P3 and P4 systems this
winter and spring. If we are limited to P4 systems,
and we don't get enough P4 donations this summer, we
won't have computers for Title 1 in the fall. The plan
is to have plenty of systems prepared so we hit the
ground running in Title 1 schools this fall. We
refused donations in a significant portion of 2009,
and we missed the 2009-2010 academic year so our stock
is apparently low. If Ubuntu doesn't run well enough
on P3s, we are may be in danger of missing another
academic year.
>>
>> btw, we were not invited to participate in the IUSB
electronics collection this year. I'll try to find out
what happened. Perhaps they thought we would contact
them first; in the past they contacted us. The IUSB
collection event is April 9.
>>
>> Goodwill is shipping 34,000 pounds of computer
electronics each month to Dell. With that kind of
activity, it isn't going to be easy to start donations
flowing to FGM again. Plus, Goodwill is soliciting
businesses which has been our domain.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> Phil Goldbach wrote:
>> > I've been searching high and low for those power
supply testers, with no luck. I did locate our power
supplies but been focusing on finding the testers.
Next time I'm at the warehouse, I'll look again for a
bit, but if I can't find them by then, I would suggest
that FGM invests in purchasing a few more. They may
turn up, though, most likely at the bottom of a
gaylord. Can only get so far by climbing around and
looking through them.
>> >
>> > I further suggest that we start going through all
the gaylords and preparing for an ADEC pickup. We may
find some useful stuff, as I recently found the
plastic jugs that had the audio cables, CMOS
batteries, processors, etc. I do know there are a few
more P4s out in the storage area, but other than that,
that's about it. We do have a lot of stuff for deman
though.
>> >
>> > We do have several Freeboxes that need updating.
I have to ask, how often are there updates for the
distro of Ubuntu we're loading onto the Freeboxes? If
they're few and far between, then why not download all
of the current ones, and put them onto the warehouse
server, and set up a network there to pull the updates
from the server as was suggested for VL 5.9? Then
bring in the new updates as necessary. I think that
would work better in the long run, especially if we
have to rush some out the door instead of loading them
at the warehouse, having volunteers take them home,
update them, then bring them back.
>> >
>> > Phil Goldbach
>> >
>> > "Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades."
>> >
>> > --- On *Mon, 3/15/10, Mike Cook
/<mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > From: Mike Cook <mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Warehouse Report -
Thursday 03-11-2010
>> > To: "frgeek-michiana" <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 11:26 AM
>> >
>> > I opened the warehouse at about 6:00PM, Dan and
his son had
>> > arrived earlier.
>> >
>> > Volunteers attending: Dan and his son Dale, Phil
was there with
>> > his girlfriend and our newest Board member Carol
attended. We also
>> > had a volunteer who said she had been there on
Tuesday and needed
>> > someone to sign her sheet. She stayed only
briefly and her name
>> > escapes me at the moment.
>> >
>> > Dale worked on recycling the better part of the
night with Dan's
>> > assistance.
>> >
>> > Dan also worked on QA and installation on several
freeboxen.
>> >
>> > Phil spent quite a lot of time looking for power
supplies and our
>> > PS testers as we have several boxes needing power
supplies.
>> >
>> > I worked on repairing some of the systems we had
set aside with
>> > problems and I showed Carol how we deban and
refurbish a system
>> > and showed her the basic construction of a PC and the
>> > identification of the components .
>> >
>> > Of the systems I looked at I sent 1 to deman with
a bad
>> > motherboard. I believe the processor may be good.
Two additional
>> > systems required power supplies which we were
unable to locate.
>> > The last system I looked at contained a Nvidia
AGP graphics card
>> > which was incomparable with the open source
drivers in Ubuntu. I
>> > replaced the Nvidia card with an ATI AGP card and
was able to get
>> > Ubuntu up and running.
>> >
>> > Dan and I continued to attempt to sort out the QA
instruction
>> > sheet used for final testing. I have still not
completed revisions
>> > on the sheet.
>> >
>> > Dan also told me that we have been removing the
bottom menu bar
>> > and relocating the top bar to the bottom edge.
I'm not sure this
>> > is a good idea as the pager and window selection
buttons are
>> > located on the bottom bar this makes it harder to
switch between
>> > open applications and desktops. We may want to
look at this issue.
>> >
>> > The warehouse closed at about 9:30PM
>> >
>> > Thanks to all!
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
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