[Linux-ham] Re: [Steering] RE: Hamfest planning and needs

[Roy Vestal]

If you have a laptop, how about pulling the HDD and running Knoppix. We did
that last year and it worked well.
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From: "Jaimie Livingston" <jaimie at onebutterfly.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 2:55 AM
Subject: [Steering] RE: Hamfest planning and needs


> I can contribute:
>
> - At least one laptop (P3-700, Gateway Solo 9300EA2) that can be wiped
> to install whatever is needed.
>   It's got RH9 on it currently.
> - A LinkSys WPC-11 v4 802.11b NIC
> - An ATEN CS-12 2 Port mini-KVM, if someone else can come up with cables
> for it
> - A few extra Ethernet cables, including 2 25'+ STP
> - I can print B-Cards if someone will send me the art
> - I can also bring a Dell PC with CDRW drive, if it's needed, but I
> don't have a monitor I can bring.
>
> Jaimie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Portzer [mailto:jeremyp at pobox.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:29 PM
> To: Matthew Lavigne; Aaron S. Joyner; Jaimie Livingston; Rob Rousseau
> KI4BKE; Sean Murphy; Jason Tower; Ian Meyer; Adam Mondl
> Cc: steering at trilug.org; linux-ham at trilug.org
> Subject: Hamfest planning and needs
>
>
> I know that we still have a couple of weeks to figure this out, but here
> are some thoughts about what we should have for the hamfest:
>
> I will bring:
>
>       * Dell workstation with CD burner and 17" TriLUG monitor
>       * Dell laptop (slightly broken keyboard so it may not be terribly
>         convenient)
>       * 25' extension cord and two powerstrips
>       * Linksys router with 4-port switch and wireless AP
>       * 24-port switch  (belongs to Scott Morris)
>       * About 100 blank CDs.  (If we really need more we can purchase
>         them from a vendor, prices are usually good.)
>       * CD Envelopes  (I have about 150, should be plenty I think)
>       * Cash box with some cash to make change with
>       * Red Hat Linux 9 boxed set, sealed.
>
> We should additionally have these things.  Let me know if you can bring
> or help with:
>
>       * At least other computer (desktop or laptop) running Linux
>         hopefully with nice graphical applications.  Sean?
>       *  Monitor splitter cable/extra monitor (?) -- perhaps as a way to
>         show one of the monitors to patrons while computer is in use as
>         CD burning station.  (I may be able to use an extra video card
>         for this purpose.)
>       * Extra Ethernet patch cables (I have only one or two)
>       * Extra power strips and extension cables
>       * Extra wireless card for laptops (that work in Linux!), someone
>         always seems to show up with a laptop and no working wireless
>       * Sharpies to write on CDs.  TriLUG "business cards" to put in
>         CDs.  Chris can you make some more of these?
>       * Fedora Magazine or other up to date shrink wrapped Linux stuff
>         we can try to sell, if it's reasonably priced.
>
> Also, does anyone have a cell phone with an Internet connection that we
> could use for the better part of the day?  Last year at the Cary
> hamfest, Mark Turner had this and it worked out really well,
> unfortunately he could only use it for a while.  I know this is asking a
> lot, but it's a Sunday so it wouldn't use your peak minutes.  I'd be
> happy to lend you my cell phone in exchange for the day.
>
> With the cell phone Internet connection, we can hook it up to one of the
> computers, run a NAT gateway, and therefore connect the rest of the room
> via the wireless AP.  Don't expect to download a lot, but it works for
> looking up basic stuff.
>
> Here are some other things:
>
> Mike Johnson, can you make the hamfest?  If not, can you and I meet
> sometime beforehand so I can get the various things (member forms,
> signs, etc).  Is the really big TriLUG banner still around, or just the
> three smaller laminated signs? (I'll be at the CF lunch this Friday
> March 26.)
>
> Roy Vestal and/or Matt Lavigne, any chance of borrowing a couple of
> those flatpanels we had at the installfest?  They'd be much nicer than
> the CRTs that Sean M. and I would otherwise bring for our computers.
>
> What have I forgotten?
>
> --Jeremy
>
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