VHS Equipment Review Project - Computer Parts

Space and infrastructure
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I’ve made an inventory of the spare computer parts lying around the space. Much of this stuff is obsolete and merely taking up space. Vote to Keep or Toss.

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@toma started this collection afaik.

I’ve got a use for those SATA disks though.

And what kind of PCI-E card is it? Can we use that for an official hot-spare system for the space?

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If any of this hits the “we don’t want / no one will buy,” I would happily play middle man for social programming aimed to reuse (Neil Squire Society, BC Technology for Learning Society, FreeGeek). Reuse > recycle. But certainly, if it serves an org need / member project, have at’er. I’m just offering an efficient disposal path.

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Great work, @Variable. I vote to keep the “best” 25% of each category, and get rid of the rest.

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Also vote for only keeping best 25 or even 10 percent.

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Let’s keep one set of really old system: Windows 2000 and previous compatible Hardware.
This will be ideal for connecting the Spectrum Analyzer via GPIB or RS-232.

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Unless you would like to build one, I don’t think we have the materials or person-power on hand to do that.

An Arduino is able to read both of those protocols, too, so I would think we should probably save space instead :slight_smile:

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I am building a Win 98 PC/NT 4.0 (NT seems more stable) as all the HP/Tektronix Drivers are for Windows; rewriting them for Arduino/Raspberry PI could be ginormous project.

So I will take the old CPUs, RAMs, one HDD and corresponding peripheral cards.
I tried to look for it today morning, couldn’t find it so gave up, but I will take them tomorrow.

Thanks!

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Please don’t take any computer parts yet. We’re still coming to a consensus on what parts to keep. I’d also like to set them aside for the yard sale first.

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Also we need an old OS PC (DOS backbone: Win 98/95 triple boot with Linux) for the Scorbot & Spectrum Analyzer.
Using the Arduino, Virtual Machine or DOSEMU on Linux could be done, but it’s HP’s drivers that are for Win 95/98.
I will wait until it is sorted out, please keep parts for 1-2 PCs for the above.
Any need for Vista, XP, Win 2000 for anything?
Thanks!

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It sounds like the new embroidery machine needs an XP-era computer as well.

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Agreed

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If we need a Win98 era PC then I suggest a really small form factor PC or a small laptop if that would work (vs a large tower)

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