<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Very Excellent Proposal, My bedrock contrib is suggesting the OS be Puppy 5.7 for a ton of reasons. <br><br></div>I did a similar project some years ago on a smaller scale, and setting up a process workflow with some fixtures made a lot of time/labor sense. Including PSU Clean&Test plans. Ranges from some of the DX cheapo pass/fail light boxes up to proper load volt¤t monitors.<br>
<br></div><div>A dewatered shop air hose and a shop vac hose modded so the air blower nozzle shoots from the hose end makes the blow&suck process waayless messy. for cases and psu's both... <br></div><div><br></div>
Stuff like making a drive wipe/OS install workstation with whatever is appropriate for your scope of work could be a joy or pain path choice. Same with PXE boot servers for Puppy... <br><br></div>It also depends on how much trade off is conceived between the built it from a random pile grab or pre-tested astat bagged bits extremes. Or the often common- grab a computer from the stack knowing only that it was drivescrubbed with a DBAN CD etc and maybe, maybe also tested with a puppy CD or Flashdrive. Drives can be pre-loaded with Puppy to save time... Or have it in separate classes- Begins with cleanup>test add giblets as desired. <br>
<br></div><div>Don't forget- a lot of corporate boxen these days are a hella lot integrated= few swappable cards. <br></div><div><br>Call my basic riff as angles on a meme of your data lives in the cloud- flashdrive is just a local Puppy Boot Tool. <br>
<br></div><div>Closing thought- A Puppy PXE boot server at Hackerspaces- NB could Lead By Example<br><br><br></div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra">Oren Beck<br><div><br>816.632.3695</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Naomi Most <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pnaomi@gmail.com" target="_blank">pnaomi@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi everybody,<br>
<br>
I had an idea that might inspire some of you. It's inspiring to me,<br>
although there are some ducks that would have to be lined up for this<br>
to work.<br>
<br>
The idea for this class would be to help people put together a working<br>
computer, from scratch, using parts that were donated to Noisebridge.<br>
<br>
I always love being able to come away from a class with something<br>
tangible -- I think that's one of the reasons Circuit Hacking Mondays<br>
continues to be a hit.<br>
<br>
So the idea here would be to get people who probably haven't had the<br>
experience of building a computer from parts, before, and help them do<br>
so.<br>
<br>
AND I thought it would appeal to both Noisebridge and to the class<br>
attendees to have the option of donating the built computer to a<br>
nearby shelter, nonprofit, school, etc.<br>
<br>
Prep work would have to include:<br>
<br>
* Sorting donations and setting aside as many intact PC components as possible.<br>
<br>
* Keeping the hack shelves relatively organized (a B- grade would be<br>
sufficient).<br>
<br>
* Checking the compatibility of the available components to make sure<br>
no one ends up needing a PCI video card that isn't in evidence (for<br>
example).<br>
<br>
* All the usual things that go into a class (getting the word out,<br>
setting the schedule, etc).<br>
<br>
This idea may not be doable right away, given the general<br>
disorderliness of the hack shelves and the question of what we<br>
actually have on hand.<br>
<br>
But I am going to keep this idea in mind in the event that we receive<br>
a large-ish donation and the opportunity becomes clear.<br>
<br>
If this idea appeals to you, too, let me know, or comment on this<br>
list. If you feel the need to reply anything of the form, "we've<br>
tried this before", or "what a joke"... don't.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Naomi<br>
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