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  From: Robert Wuttke <robert.wuttke@disc.com.au>
  To  : Shaun Branden <shaun@pcuse.com>
        <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 12:59:23 +1030

Re: Computerbank SA looking for help

As a quick idea, why not build a smallish Beowoulf cluster for people to
play with and experiment with, this is sort of keeping with the providing
computing ability to people who can not normally afford it, they just can't
take it home with them ???

Rob.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shaun Branden" <shaun@pcuse.com>
To: <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 12:37 PM
Subject: Computerbank SA looking for help


> I am looking for some help with Computerbank South Australia. To get a
> background of this project please look at http://www.linunix.com/cbsa for
our
> effort, or http://www.computerbank.org for an idea of where we are going.
> Basically, we simply salvage unwanted hardware, make systems out of it,
add
> an open source OS and applications and give it to someone who could not
> normally afford it. We then help them to make the most of it.
>
> How we exist today:
> :about 2 tons of salvaged hardware (486dx's, monitors, keyboards, mice,
> etc)
> :a small list of people wanting systems
> :a basic web site
> :a handful of volunteers
> :no organisation, no constitution, no storage space
>
> What we should achieve shortly:
> :constitution
> :incorporation
> :dynamic web site
> :many volunteers
> :work for the dole scheme
> :permanent storage
> :hopefully your ideas in place:)
>
> What we need:
> :unwanted hardware
> :help
> :storage
> :fresh ideas
> :lots more
>
> Please have a look at the site and let me know what you think of the
> project.
>
> thanks
>
> shaun
>
> --
> Shaun Branden, email:shaun@pcuse.com, icq:10469563
> Walk softly and carry a megawatt laser.
>
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