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[Paul Nijjar]

Yes, this is right. We have lots of laptops and not enough people to
fix them. If people were willing to fix them then it would not  be
hard to distribute them. 

Having said that, we are still not at a point where we can start
rolling in a systematic way. If people are interested in getting
started and can come during Computer Recycling hours, they can express
their interest to Charles. 

- Paul 


On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 03:54:48PM -0400, B.S. wrote:
> That assumes they are working and viable on a go forward basis. e.g.
> Working batteries, at least one USB port (bootable), and so on.
> 
> Part of Paul's call for help is first in determining that.
> 
> No doubt it won't be too difficult to usefully distribute, but first he
> has to find out what he has, if anything, to distribute at all.
> 
> Let alone not so slow or loses power as soon as you disconnect the AC
> that it's essentially useless to whomever it's given. Making the
> recipient feel cheated at being given a 'laptop' that isn't able to
> operate as what any recipient might reasonably expect of a laptop.
> 
> First things first - first he needs bodies to determine and give him a
> list of viable hardware. And viable to what extent - ac terminal only,
> openwrt capable only, or full fledged viable laptop with a couple
> hours, at least, of battery time.
> 
> All of which takes bodies and time, and that's what he's called for,
> first. If you can help with that, he's asked people to let him know.
> 
> 

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