[H-GEN] HUMBUG cluster

[Marco Grigull]

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On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 17:50:21 +1000
"Andrew Pullin" <andrew at hotspurbgc.com.au> wrote:

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> Hi All,
>     It seems that we now have had offers for 4 Macs, AND 4 similar Pentium I
> (or equivalent) machines. This is GREAT! We now have the hardware we need to
> get started (or at least I think we do - do all these machines have
> networking capability?) The next step is to get together and work out our
> plan of attack on exactly what we want to do, and how we are going to do it.
> 
>     To start with, could all those who offered hardware please confirm that
> they are willing to donate them to the group. Those were:
> 
> +0Ny BilbRough P100
> Snowy Angelique Maslov aka 'Snowpony' P100
> David Jericho AMD K-166, and a Celeron 300A
> Marco Grigull 4 x powermac 7200/200


I'll collect these next week

> 
> (I don't think I missed anyone, but if I did, I apologise and could you
> remind me again)
> 
> This is important because we will also need hardware custodians who are

>  <SNIP>  <

> 
>     I will not be able to attend the next meeting as I will be in Melbourne,
> but I am hoping to get to the one after. I would like to suggest that we all
> get together at that meeting and hammer out our thoughts and dreams into
> something we can then officially put to the Humbug Committee. How about we
> aim for this, and in the meantime, could anyone who has anything to add -
> post by all means any new or refined ideas. Could those donating hardware
> also bring this hardware to that meeting and we will see what we have, and

ok

> what we might need to get. Finally, could a Committee person please put some
> kind of note on the Humbug website asking for expressions of interest in a
> Clustering Special Interest Group and lets get going.
>     Cheers!
>         Andrew.
> 

>  <SNIP>  <

Cheers
Marco

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