[kwlug-disc] donating hardwares for hobbyists or highschool tech classes

[kyoung]

hello Anton,

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 03:24:01PM -0500, Anton Avramov via kwlug-disc wrote:
> I can use the X1 Carbon g3 for some of my daughters, so they stop
> fighting for her mothers laptop :) 
>
> I would also like to play with the Banana Pi and pine64, please. 

Banana Pi is taken but you can take X1 and pine64.

Would you be able to drive to campus tomorrow or Saturday?

(I just realized I haven't thought of logistics...)

Regards,
 
> On Thu, 2025-01-30 at 14:37 -0500, kyoung wrote:
> > Good point. Here is the list.
> > 
> > laptops:
> > - t410 g1 (no battery pack)
> > - t480 g7? (need usb keyboard and mouse as something went wrong with
> > controller) + two battery packs
> > - X1 Carbon g3
> > - macbook pro air 2016
> > - powerbook g4
> > - two generic x86_64 laptops (one from samsung and one from lenovo
> > not
> > sure about models)
> > 
> > SBCs:
> > - Zaurus SL-C3000
> > - USL-5P
> > (both runs old unsupported version of openbsd)
> > - pine64
> > - Banana Pi M1 A20
> > 
> > GPU:
> > - gtx 1650 4GB
> > 
> > If nobody wants them I will just drop them off at university's e-
> > waste
> > collection but I always feel bad when I try to imagine how many
> > functioning computers I will be able to find in landfill...
> > 
> > On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 02:11:05PM -0500, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> > > Your first stop would be right here in KWLUG.  If you can post a
> > > list of
> > > what you're got, some of the members might be interested.
> > > 
> > > The second option is the Laptop Rescue, but I'll leave it to Paul
> > > or
> > > Charles to provide the details on that.
> > > 
> > > Last option would be any e-waste site.  I use Reality Bytes in
> > > Elmira.
> > > https://www.realitybytescomputers.com/
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 at 14:02, kyoung <lseo at plg.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > I am a student who is about to graduate and would like to give
> > > > away
> > > > old but fully functional equipments.
> > > > 
> > > > Does anybody know if there is a way to donate old laptops, SBC
> > > > devkits,
> > > > spare components or old GPUs etc to school or local hobbyists?
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > 
> > > > -kyoung
> > > > 
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