Some wlug members volunteered at eday this year, here are some photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/floydwilde/sets/72157607781272930/ Best, John
Some wlug members volunteered at eday this year, here are some photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/floydwilde/sets/72157607781272930/
mine are at http://zcat.geek.nz/photos/eday2008
John Billings wrote:
Some wlug members volunteered at eday this year, here are some photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/floydwilde/sets/72157607781272930/ I was really hoping I wouldn't see any SGI, Sun and DEC Alpha type machines in the eday photos - they seem to be awfully difficult to find normally. Now I get the feeling I should attend such events in the future to keep an eye out.
Was the SGI Indigo (green computer in 6th image) saved? It would be a shame to see it destroyed in the name of recycling. -- David Goodwin
http://www.flickr.com/photos/floydwilde/sets/72157607781272930/ I was really hoping I wouldn't see any SGI, Sun and DEC Alpha type machines in the eday photos - they seem to be awfully difficult to find normally. Now I get the feeling I should attend such events in the future to keep an eye out.
That's a good idea. Although volunteers weren't officially supposed to take any machines home, a few did. And a number of 'collectable' machines were put aside to be sold on trademe. I don't recall the indy being one of them though.
Was the SGI Indigo (green computer in 6th image) saved? It would be a shame to see it destroyed in the name of recycling.
I think it's gone, sorry.
Don't really know what happened to that SGI box, think it went into the containers, and to whatever downstream processor is next after the collection point. Some very small amount of hardware that looked in good condition was harvested/triaged and diverted somewhere, I really don't know who was doing that. There is some information here: http://www.eday.org.nz/about-eday.asp#whathappens If more people from wlug wanted to get involved, we would have more influence about how the material is sorted at the collection point and further processed. Best, John David Goodwin wrote:
John Billings wrote:
Some wlug members volunteered at eday this year, here are some photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/floydwilde/sets/72157607781272930/ I was really hoping I wouldn't see any SGI, Sun and DEC Alpha type machines in the eday photos - they seem to be awfully difficult to find normally. Now I get the feeling I should attend such events in the future to keep an eye out.
Was the SGI Indigo (green computer in 6th image) saved? It would be a shame to see it destroyed in the name of recycling.
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Don't really know what happened to that SGI box, think it went into the containers, and to whatever downstream processor is next after the collection point. Some very small amount of hardware that looked in good condition was harvested/triaged and diverted somewhere, I really don't know who was doing that. There is some information here: http://www.eday.org.nz/about-eday.asp#whathappens If more people from wlug wanted to get involved, we would have more influence about how the material is sorted at the collection point and further processed. Best, John David Goodwin wrote:
John Billings wrote:
Some wlug members volunteered at eday this year, here are some photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/floydwilde/sets/72157607781272930/ I was really hoping I wouldn't see any SGI, Sun and DEC Alpha type machines in the eday photos - they seem to be awfully difficult to find normally. Now I get the feeling I should attend such events in the future to keep an eye out.
Was the SGI Indigo (green computer in 6th image) saved? It would be a shame to see it destroyed in the name of recycling.
-- David Goodwin _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug
What is involved in hosting the day? On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:42 PM, John Billings <john(a)nimhq.net> wrote:
Don't really know what happened to that SGI box, think it went into the containers, and to whatever downstream processor is next after the collection point. Some very small amount of hardware that looked in good condition was harvested/triaged and diverted somewhere, I really don't know who was doing that.
There is some information here:
http://www.eday.org.nz/about-eday.asp#whathappens
If more people from wlug wanted to get involved, we would have more influence about how the material is sorted at the collection point and further processed.
Best, John
David Goodwin wrote:
John Billings wrote:
Some wlug members volunteered at eday this year, here are some photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/floydwilde/sets/72157607781272930/ I was really hoping I wouldn't see any SGI, Sun and DEC Alpha type machines in the eday photos - they seem to be awfully difficult to find normally. Now I get the feeling I should attend such events in the future to keep an eye out.
Was the SGI Indigo (green computer in 6th image) saved? It would be a shame to see it destroyed in the name of recycling.
-- David Goodwin _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug
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John Billings