tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post2347499189366469064..comments2024-02-14T02:30:36.732-05:00Comments on The Blog of Helios: Christmas? It's Still 90 Degrees Here..Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13978117986484281976noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-66133290041747619462010-10-17T04:44:43.913-05:002010-10-17T04:44:43.913-05:00I am retired, last worked at a very large multinat...I am retired, last worked at a very large multinational that has presences in TX - I believe Austin is one. Just now I found that they have an alumni program and have signed up, to suggest that they donate to the project. They will probably for security reasons remove hard disks from any computers they donate, hopefully they will also donate some money to buy new disks ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-67988007799564821512010-10-17T00:12:14.715-05:002010-10-17T00:12:14.715-05:00Have you thought about doing a post christmas dona...Have you thought about doing a post christmas donation period? If you advertise beforehand, you might find the people with cash to spare would be happy to upgrade their (own or significant other's) not so old gear, and instead of just feeding their technolust they'd get to support those less well off. Win-win.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-18410692512905061162010-10-16T09:08:48.204-05:002010-10-16T09:08:48.204-05:00PCIe, PCIX is a bus seen almost exclusively in ser...PCIe, PCIX is a bus seen almost exclusively in servers and a few workstations. PCI express is avreviated PCIe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-59521685299661462482010-10-15T15:14:17.355-05:002010-10-15T15:14:17.355-05:00@ Gavin
We would really like to put in a drive th...@ Gavin<br /><br />We would really like to put in a drive that burns dvds as well as cds. The less bays we have to fill the better. If the computer has a cd rw in it, we will add one but if it's only got a cd reader, we will just put in one dvd cd rw. Sata and Pata either or are fine. We have the adapters to go from ide to sata if necessary but we are getting more and more Sata machines these days.<br /><br />PCI cards are always welcome but as mentioned, we are beginning to get newer machines donated and many have pciX or AGP. We can use just about anything nowdays...but in a pinch the PCI cards are nice albeit a bit slower.<br /><br />ya work with whatcha got...<br /><br />hAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978117986484281976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-80064013413020869782010-10-15T11:46:44.760-05:002010-10-15T11:46:44.760-05:00What kind of optical drives? DVD burners or just ...What kind of optical drives? DVD burners or just DVD readers with CD burning? SATA or PATA?<br /><br />And what kind of vid cards? PCI only? Some AGP versions? PCIe yet?Gavinnoreply@blogger.com