[luau] Recording of Linux for Schools online meeting

[Dan George]

 Im able to get connections with major manufacturers and price any part 
available on the market.  Usually cost is about 25-50% of retail. If I have 
part numbers and manufacturer names to go on, I can research and get 
the cheapest price available from multiple vendors.  Just give me a list 
and I will check for you.  I just purchased 12 slot 1 P3 boards for $45 each
and yes they are brand new.  Also P3 500 chips for $28.  So you can see 
that a P3-500 is sufficient to run Linux.  Monitors or Cases I cant get for
less than $65 each. NIC cards $18-$28 depending on manufacturer.
 I have plenty of 20 gig hdds that could be used in a Raid setup.  I may 
be able to get 120g hdds (WD) 7200 IDE  for $88.  Still checking on that
and about my source.  Monitors are too hard to handle and I cant get less
than $89 so it wasnt worth it.   Cases are a pain too.  Some people get
really picky about cosmetics I gave up on the case which is $65.

On Friday 19 July 2002 12:56, you wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Warren Togami wrote:
> >http://www.mplug.org/archive/2002/mplug_aim1.html
> >This is a recording of Thursday's online AIM meeting where we discussed
> > our Hawaii Linux for Schools project.  Jimen Ching will post a summary of
> > the meeting sometime Friday.
>
> Thanks Warren.  Sorry for the delay in posting the notes for the AIM
> meeting.  Anyway, here it is.  I will put this information on the MPLUG
> Wiki tonight.
>
> AIM meeting notes:
>
> The main topic of the meeting was the selection of a network interface
> card (NIC) for the thin clients.  The 3c905 came highly recommended.  But
> we did not know which EPROM will function in the network boot ROM socket.
> If anyone has information about this, please respond.  A part number for
> the EPROM would probably help.
>
> If anyone have other recommendations for a good NIC, feel free to let us
> know.  The following requirements were agreed upon:
>
> 1.  PCI bus based
> 2.  100BaseT minimum (GigE will probably be considered)
> 3.  Must have network boot ROM socket
>
> If possible, please provide the card name, manufacturer (i.e. 3COM, etc),
> price range, retailer URL or address, part number for the EPROM (if
> known), and comment about its reliability (i.e. whether you recommend it
> or avoid at all costs).  Since we plan to hook up a bunch (at least 5)
> thin clients to each server, we will be buying these by the dozen.  The
> schools might have the front the money, so try to find good qualify, but
> cheap NICs.
>
> A Wiki page was created for the LTSP project.  I will be updating this
> webpage with information about the LTSP project as it progresses.  I have
> a few leads on other organizations that are also accepting computer
> donations.  I will place these information on the website instead of
> emailing it to the list.
>
> I phoned Juliet Begley of the DOE's Computer Recycling Program
> (http://www.k12.hi.us/~crecycle/) concerning possible NIC hardware.  It
> turns out they only accept complete systems and deliver them to school as
> soon as possible.  So they do not store donated computers.  I will put
> everything I learned about them on the LTSP Wiki.  Warren, if this is not
> the group you wanted me to contact, let me know.
>
> I will also send another email asking for volunteer information.  So keep
> an eye open for that.
>
> --jc