The HP DC7800 I am donating is under the table that has the Raspberry Pi
station.
Geno said he would bring in a Windows 7 install disc for it.
- Bob
On Sep 5, 2016, at 6:41 PM, Simon Heath <icefoxen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Okay, both of those are probably better options...
Simon
On 09/05/2016 06:17 PM, Robert Berger wrote:
I have an HP DC7800 like the one John showed, except it's a slim case-not
ultraslim so it's a bit bigger.
I haven't used it in years and would be willing to donate it.
It's complete; nothing else would need to be purchased.
-Bob
On Sep 5, 2016, at 6:05 PM, John Lewis <oflameo2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Normally I would just buy another Intel Core 2 Duo like hangtop to
replace the old decrepit laser cutter computer, but with jerks like
/u/crankysysadmin swearing up and down about how I don't know to use
Linux, I am just not in a spending mood today.
The build I made for hangtop only cost me 80 USD. It is small, put
together well, energy efficient, and doesn't crash. Half of the cost was
in the SSD which isn't even necessary in this build bringing down the price.
Here is the ebay link of the exact unit from the same exact seller
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Compaq-DC7800-Ultra-slim-Desktop-E6550-2-33GHz-2GB-DDR2-DVD-ROM-NO-HDD-/311550368921?hash=item4889d95c99:g:GcoAAOSwZjJU3OWB.
On 09/05/2016 05:32 PM, Simon Heath wrote:
So the laser cutter computer apparently celebrated its eleventh(?)
birthday recently, and tends to be a slow and occasionally crashy
piece of junk. If anyone wants, I have an old gaming computer mobo,
processor and RAM I would happily donate, which should be a
significant upgrade (Phenom II x965 processor, 8 gigs of ram IIRC).
If people are interested I would be glad to figure out how to rebuild
the laser cutter compy around it.
There's two potential problems: First, I don't think it will fit into
the current laser cutter computer's case. We'd have to acquire a
larger one somewhere (at least ATX sized, IIRC). Second, it's a bit of
a power hog, so we might need a new power supply (400W should be
plenty). New, that's probably $130 of parts; used, maybe $50 or less,
depending on what I can dig up at Goodwill. Are people interested?
Simon
