Build Your Own Computer Day - 2004
complete set of photos over here
Around 10am on Saturday 7 August 2004, a strange wave of activity flurried
around the Electrical Engineering building. A bunch of women started carting
old hypertec computers from the CompSoc office all the way to the seminar
room in K17.
By 11, desks had been set up in the seminar room, computers were laid out,
and most of the 28 participants had made their way
to uni. Wasting no time, they promptly began to dissemble the computers.
By lunchtime, most of the computers were dissembled, most of the bellies were
growling, and most of the chicken from oportos was on its way.
While most of the attendees munched on burgers and drumsticks for lunch,
some of the volunteers preferred another type of chip:
After lunch the assembly process began
but power tools made the whole experience way more ..interesting:
After running a bunch of very successful tests on each computer, a Linux install
was attempted on one. Unfortunately all efforts were quenched by a broken
CDROM drive sabotaging the install process.
All in all, a rather successful day, with lots of fun, zooming, jelly, crackers,
and nice, aged, hardware :-). An absolutely huge thank you must go out to
the volunteers, Ada, Hui Yee, Pauline and Sarah for making the day possible,
and all the people who turned up, for being so enthusiastic!
If you missed it, you MUST come next year!
--Sara
(event organiser)
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