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

[Charles M]

I have a contact with a teacher at a school in Guelph that would really
appreciate any of the macs (even Core 2 Duo macs). He works with his
students to repair macs. Feel free to email me and I will connect the two
of you if interested.

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025, 2:39 p.m. kyoung <lseo at plg.uwaterloo.ca> 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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