[PLUG-AV] Amazon order has arrived! Let's meet up.

[Tim Bowden]

<sigh>

Meant for the list.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tim Bowden <tim.bowden at gmail.com>
Date: 10 March 2011 13:56
Subject: Re: [PLUG-AV] Amazon order has arrived! Let's meet up.
To: James Bromberger <james at rcpt.to>


On 10 March 2011 13:24, James Bromberger <james at rcpt.to> wrote:
> On 10/03/2011 1:09 PM, Tim Bowden wrote:
>> Noisy I can do.  Quiet maybe not.  :(  Prolly not a fully working
>> system either.  Mostly they've been plundered for parts or put on the
>> scrap heap because they were unreliable in some way.  And I'd be very
>> surprised if any were of PCI-E vintage.  These are *old* boxes that
>> have been sitting on the scrap heap for several years at least.
>
> Still probably usable to some degree. if you have time, can post out
> what parts you need (to main PLUG list perhaps)  to make one working box
> up? Audio in & out also needed.

I'll put on the toxic waste suit and brave the depths of the junk pile
and see what I can do.  ;)

>
>
>> Do we have a preferred flavour of linux?
>
> I'm going to say Debian. First, I am way, way biased. Second, DVSwitch
> was developed on Debian and is packaged, so that's trivial.  Third, its
> the Freeest of the GNU distros. And lastly, its just right. :) Oh, hang
> on, that's me being biased again.

Debian it is.


>>> Free parking at Artifactory - and lots of it after hours being Osborne
>>> Park. And ground floor too (where as UCC is top floor, controlled
>>> parking during uni hours, etc). I can do week nights with permission
>>> from Mrs (and son). Shall we do a week night next week instead (or as
>>> well)? Monday?
>>>
>> Uggh.  I'd forgotten the pain of carting hardware up a hundred flights
>> of stairs.  Too much like fitness work for me!  Consider that a +1 for
>> Artifactory.  Monday 21 March I can do- Sorry, not this Monday.
>> Mother visiting from over East.  I feel like I'm being difficult!  I
>> *may* have a 13yr old in tow, somewhat interested.  Are there any
>> 'warm' bodies involved in this besides myself, Nick and James?
>
> 13yo welcome (with suitable guardian, I think that's probably a
> requirement).  I can do most nights next week, so perhaps Wednesday then
> if its just the three of us? As soon as we have agreement, I'll post tot
> he main PLUG list,and put it in the PLUG calendar, and others may turn
> up....
>

I'll negotiate Wednesday night with my 'managing director' and let you
know.  Should be doable.

Tim