I have the same problem you do. I have a fairly good bit of old hardware (386, box of NIC's, etc.) that surely someone could use. Perhaps someone wants to make a wiki page on BeBits or something where people can list hardware they want to donate (perhaps this already exists)? Ben >Hi All. I am in the process of moving out of state, and have a lot of >old hardware I'm unable to take with me. After reading about >BeGeistert and the idea of giving hardware to OBOS developers, I >thought that would be the perfect thing to do here, but alas I have >no money to have this stuff shipped anywhere. I'm located in >Portland, Oregon, USA, I'm curious if there's anyone nearby that is >interested in taking, and possibly redistributing, this stuff? Email >me off-list if you're interested. > >Rudy > >(Hardware list follows) >------------------------------------------------------------ >NOTE: Barebones system = case/motherboard/CPU/RAM only. > >Barebones system: 486SX/25Mhz, 4MB RAM >Barebones system: Pentium 133, 16MB RAM >Barebones system: Pentium 233, 64MB RAM >CD-ROM: 8x Mitsumi >Video card: S3 Trio Virge (PCI) >Video card: unknown Trident (PCI) >Video card: unknown Trident 512K (ISA) >3 unknown ISA soundcards >3 unknown ISA modems >DSL modem: Cisco 605 internal PCI (from QWest) >Hard Drive: 171MB IBM >Hard Drive: 256MB IBM (few bad spots, but stable) >Hard Drive: 2.1GB Samsung >Monitor: Old 14" 800x600 (broken power button - must stay on) >Various cables (printer, USB, ethernet, power) >------------------------------------------------------------ > > >