[geeks] What to do with a stack of IPX and LX boxes (was RE: [geeks] Where is everyone.)

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:11:47PM -0400, David L Kindred (Dave) wrote:
> >>>>> "Joshua" == Joshua D Boyd <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu> writes:
> 
>     Joshua> I realize that geeks has slowed down quite a bit in recent
>     Joshua> weeks, but darn it, it is too quite.  I'm bored.  And
>     Joshua> sneezing my head off.
> 
> A much more appropriate question for "geeks":
> 
> What is the best use for a stack of IPX and LX boxes?
> 
> Are they worth the time to mix and match parts to get a number of them
> with max RAM and working disks and load an OS on them?

The LXs are really great machines.  Do what you can to save them.  The
IPXs aren't bad, but you are likely to have a hard time finding pressing
needs for large numbers of them, and you are likely to have a hard time
getting them to move.

> Or should I just let our Operations folks sell them as scrap?

Hell no!

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd