[Noisebridge-discuss] iMac and Monitor for Noisebridge or parts?

[Patrick Keys]

We got the 17" sgi monitor.

If we can cobble together a computer good enough for video editing, I 
will donate a 1.5 terabyte external hard drive and we can start 
digitizing all the noisebridge media archives.

It would be excellent to see a collection of noisebridge-generated media 
that's publicly accessible on the internet.



Patrick


On 12/2/2010 11:47 AM, jim wrote:
>
>     we could really use the flat panel display for at least
> one computer in the Turing classroom. Yes, one of the
> officers can give you a receipt for the donation(s).
>
>
> On Thu, 2010-12-02 at 10:53 -0800, Ian McKellar wrote:
>> Hi, I have a couple of pieces of computer equipment cluttering up my
>> house that I really need to get rid of.
>>
>> They're not useless, but they're not useful to me.
>>
>> First of all I have an SGI flat-panel monitor, the 1600SW. It was a
>> revolutionary monitor for the time, it's even got it's own wikipedia
>> page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_1600SW
>> I've got the "multilink" adapter that lets you drive it off regular
>> old DVI (analog or digital, you can use VGA with the right VGA-DVI
>> cable) and power supplies for everything. They still go for $500-$600
>> new or half that used on ebay, but that seems like a pain in the ass.
>> I understand that noisebridge is short on monitors - should I just
>> come by and drop it off? I understand that I can get a receipt for a
>> donation, right?
>>
>> Secondly I have a white 20" Intel iMac. The specs are: iMac 2.16 GHz
>> Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB 2x512 of RAM, 250 GB internal ATA drive,
>> internal 8x double-layer Super Drive, Airport Extreme, Bluetooth 2.0 +
>> EDR, Built-in iSight, ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory, 20"
>> TFT display
>> Actually, I might have upgraded that RAM at some point.
>> The only problem with it is some occasional display corruption and
>> crashing, typically associated with heavy graphics load. My suspicion
>> is that it's a heat issue, but it could be a fucked logic board. Does
>> anyone have a use for it? Is anyone interested in diagnosing and
>> fixing it? I really don't want to send it to west-african landfill
>> (http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/08/04/magazine/20100815-dump.html).
>>
>> Ian
>>
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