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Donations Needed for IBM Thinkpad

Contributed by merdely on from the a-friend-in-need-indeed dept.

Update (Aug 1 2007, 16:00 EDT): We have reached our goal. Toby received enough donations to get a laptop (per donation high of $250 and low of $10 USD). There were 34 people that stepped up to the call, including but not limited to: Chris Mair, Corey C., Darrin Chandler, David Alten, Dennis van Zuijlekom, Didier Wiroth, Eric Moore, Hugo Lombard, Ian McWilliam, Jim Aragon, Marcel Wiget, Mark Carlson, Mike Erdely, Mike Miller, Nick Ryan, Niklas Eriksson, Peichaer Robert, Pekka Niiranen, Robert Rose.

Special thanks to Alexander Bederov for making it possible to get an even better laptop at the original price goal and Peter Hessler for shipping arragements.


Toby Weingartner's (weingart@) laptop is on its last legs. Unfortunately, he cannot afford to replace his current laptop and has posted the following to misc@ requesting assistance:

Hi all,

I hate doing this, but I'm in a tiny bit of a bind.  I'm in need of a
new laptop.  My old IBM T40p is slowly giving up the ghost after 5+
years of faithful service.  As this is my main terminal to hack on and
do everything I do on a computer, it's impending doom will significantly
affect me.
I've looked at the options available, and there really are not that many.
I know that there are *lots* of laptops out there that would work, but I
am somewhat particular in what I get next.  At the current time I'm looking
at buying:

  26238YU - T60P CD/2.0 1GB 100GB 14.1" SXGA+ DVDR WLS BT DOS
  Rough Price: $1,645.99 - $1,878.99

Along with this comes taxes and shipping, etc.  Unfortunately my current
financial situation is that I can only afford to spend $400-$500 dollars
on this.  Is there anyone out there that could help me out with the rest?

Thanks a lot,

--Toby.

Let's see if we can't help Toby get a replacement machine so he can get back to hacking. You can donate to Toby through Paypal using weingart@tepid.org.

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Comments
  1. By Darrin Chandler (dwc) dwchandler@stilyagin.com on http://www.stilyagin.com/darrin/

    Don't hate doing it, Toby. Developers need machines to develop with. This is a must have item! I've just sent some money, and I'm sure others are stepping up right now to make sure you get what you need to work. Rock on!

    Comments
    1. By Mike Erdely (merdely) on http://erdelynet.com/

      > Don't hate doing it, Toby. Developers need machines to develop with.
      > This is a must have item! I've just sent some money, and I'm sure others
      > are stepping up right now to make sure you get what you need to work.
      > Rock on!

      Definitely! Added a bit to the pot as well. Hope we can get enough for the laptop soon.

    2. By Mark Carlson (70.73.6.204) on http://mcarlson.ca

      > Don't hate doing it, Toby. Developers need machines to develop with. This is a must have item! I've just sent some money, and I'm sure others are stepping up right now to make sure you get what you need to work. Rock on!

      I've put some in the pot as well. Although I'm not sure exactly what Toby Weingartner does related to OpenBSD...

      Comments
      1. Comments
        1. By Anonymous Coward (213.130.142.34) on

          I prefer the FreshBSD interface for this sort of thing: FreshBSD - weingart

  2. By viridari (24.148.239.228) on http://unixbeard.blogspot.com

    This sounds like a job for...

    ...The OpenBSD Foundation!

    Seriously... they should step up and handle the legwork on this to sort of "break the cherry".

    Donations->OpenBSD Foundation->weingart@

    Comments
    1. By Darrin Chandler (dwc) on http://www.stilyagin.com/darrin/

      > This sounds like a job for...
      >
      > ...The OpenBSD Foundation!
      >
      > Seriously... they should step up and handle the legwork on this to sort of "break the cherry".
      >
      > Donations->OpenBSD Foundation->weingart@

      In the past, a fair number of people have come up with what cash they can - usually small donations - until the amount is reached. This would be a lot of hassle for the foundation, and for lots of people mailing checks (or cheques). Sending paypal straight to Toby is easier for everyone, I think.

      Comments
      1. By Anonymous Coward (74.14.137.225) on

        Sure, but it'd be great if a Canadian PC company donated a lappy.

    2. By Marc Espie (213.41.185.88) espie@openbsd.org on

      > This sounds like a job for...
      >
      > ...The OpenBSD Foundation!
      >
      > Seriously... they should step up and handle the legwork on this to sort of "break the cherry".
      >
      > Donations->OpenBSD Foundation->weingart@

      You just don't get it, do you ?

      The main problem with the fundation is that a large part of the money you donate to the fundation is going to be spent for paperwork, taxes, financial auditing, etc.

      Compared to `simple' individual donations, the Fundation has a large overhead, this cannot be helped with. It's obviously not Ken or Bob making a profit out of it, it's just that this kind of thing has to follow a lot of administrative rules.

      The *only* reason the fundation was set up is because there are (possibly) *some* organizations and companies that may wish to donate to OpenBSD, but *have to follow the rules* too!

      So you've got a choice: you can donate directly to Toby (see whether you trust him or not) and know that *all the money* is going to get used to buy THAT laptop, or you can donate to the fundation, and be certain that *a large part* of your donation (I'd guess 30%) is going to end up in paperwork and government taxes---sucks even more if you're not a canadian resident, in my opinion.

      I hope that's clear for everyone.

      Comments
      1. By Anonymous Coward (71.198.63.170) on

        > So you've got a choice: you can donate directly to Toby (see whether you trust him or not) and > know that *all the money* is going to get used to buy THAT laptop, or you can donate to the > fundation, and be certain that *a large part* of your donation (I'd guess 30%) is going to end > up in paperwork and government taxes---sucks even more if you're not a canadian resident, > in my opinion.

        Marc, donations to Canadian federal non-profits are not taxable, and the amount of paperwork actually required is minimal (one form remitted annually, indicating who the directors were and when the last general meeting was, plus a $35 filing fee). Even auditing can be done by non-professionals, if the foundation's bylaws permit (they do). Assuming one opens a free community account with one of the local banks (there's one within a comfortable 5 minute walk of beck@'s office that is very well versed in how to do this), the only other administrative costs would be the cost of postage and envelopes to send the annual return and to send cheques to whatever causes the foundation funds.

        (I neglect, of course, the time and energy required to run the foundation, but that's another matter.)

        With that said, take-away message: just give the money to Toby directly, eh?

  3. By random jain (64.81.36.118) on

    unless you want firegl card, for that much your better off with a t61. you can get one with the intel graphics card and have one less piece of propriatary hardware. or go with the t61p and get wuxga, 1920x1200, but a video card full of blobby evil! Have you looked at ebay or craigslist?

  4. By tmib (tmib) t m i b AT x s 4 a l l DOT n l on

    Donated a few Euro's, hope it helps.
    I'm afraid I cannot contribute with code, but giving money to *BSD usually makes me feel better about myself.

  5. By Tobias Weingartner (68.148.9.5) weingart@tepid.org on http://www.tepid.org/~weingart/

    Darrin, thank you very much for your contribution. So far I've got 2
    people that have stepped up, thank you very much. Got a little ways to
    go yet...

    Note, I don't believe this is foundation material. I was hoping that nobody would bring this up. I'd rather see the foundation deal with
    bigger issues than my laptop. Also, I've researched this choice for
    over six months, so being told that there are other choices is sort
    of pointless. I know there are other choices. It's not been easy to
    make the choice I did, and I have reasons for every part of the choice
    I made in the end. So, just telling me that a T61 works too, or better
    helps me none in getting the money to replace it. Sorry.

    Again, thank you for the people that have helped so far. Here's hoping
    that a few more help me out.

    --Toby.

    Comments
    1. By Anonymous Coward (84.191.236.89) on


      > of pointless. I know there are other choices. It's not been easy to
      > make the choice I did, and I have reasons for every part of the choice
      > I made in the end. So, just telling me that a T61 works too, or better
      > helps me none in getting the money to replace it. Sorry.
      >

      I guess that you're aware that lenovo has dropped APM support from the T43p onwards, right?

      I was in a similar sutuation and I came to the conclusion that the best is a T40-41-42 with an SXGA screen

      Comments
      1. By Tobias Weingartner (68.148.9.5) weingart@tepid.org on http://www.tepid.org/~weingart/

        >
        > I guess that you're aware that lenovo has dropped APM support from the T43p onwards, right?

        Very aware of it. That was one of the reasons I selected the model
        I did. I realize that I could pick up a T4{0,1,2} model, however
        they are getting more scarce new, and it does nothing to help us
        support ACPI and other newer ways of dealing with power management.

        So far things are going better than my last update. At my last
        update only a few people had donated. At this point a number of
        people have stepped up, thank you all very much. I'm now at the
        60% mark. I can't express how optimistic and happy I feel right
        now.


        To everybody that donated, thank you again very much,

        --Toby.

  6. By Erik Vernooij (86.84.194.205) on

    Now this just might be an excellent thing for the foundation to take care of. I don't know how this work in Canada, but in Holland companies (and I assume foundations too) get VAT back on things they buy.

    Maybe it's possible too let the foundation buy the laptop for a reduced price (ie no VAT), with money from Tobias and the rest of all those people who want to give something.

    Just an idea, hope you guys can use it...

    Comments
    1. By Anonymous Coward (71.198.63.170) on

      > Now this just might be an excellent thing for the foundation to take care of. I don't know how this work in Canada, but in Holland companies (and I assume foundations too) get VAT back on things they buy.
      >
      > Maybe it's possible too let the foundation buy the laptop for a reduced price (ie no VAT), with money from Tobias and the rest of all those people who want to give something.
      >
      > Just an idea, hope you guys can use it...

      Unfortunately, not in Canada.

  7. By Anonymous Coward (12.216.170.108) on

    T20, I'm posting this to remind how some "underpowered" machines get looked over.

    Battery state: high, 100% remaining, 285 minutes life estimate
    A/C adapter state: not connected
    Performance adjustment mode: auto (550 MHz)

    Yes, kids, 285 minutes. Found a second battery for the "super bay 2000" from compuvest.com

    OpenBSD 4.1-current (GENERIC) #328: Wed Jul 11 20:22:58 MDT 2007
    deraadt@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
    cpu0: Intel Pentium III ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 698 MHz
    cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE
    real mem = 133722112 (127MB)
    avail mem = 121704448 (116MB)
    mainbus0 at root
    bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 12/21/99, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd820, SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xe0010 (45 entries)
    bios0: IBM 264781U
    apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2
    apm0: battery life expectancy 100%
    apm0: AC unknown, battery charge high
    apm0: flags 30102 dobusy 0 doidle 1
    pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd7b0/0x850
    pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdee0/208 (11 entries)
    pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:07:0 ("Intel 82371FB ISA" rev 0x00)
    pcibios0: PCI bus #5 is the last bus
    bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xc000 0xcc000/0x1800 0xe0000/0x10000
    cpu0 at mainbus0
    pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
    pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03
    ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03
    pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
    vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "S3 Savage/IX-MV" rev 0x11
    wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
    wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
    cbb0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "TI PCI1450 CardBus" rev 0x03: irq 5
    cbb1 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 "TI PCI1450 CardBus" rev 0x03: irq 11
    fxp0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Intel 8255x" rev 0x0c, i82550: irq 10, address 00:03:47:8c:1c:28
    inphy0 at fxp0 phy 1: i82555 10/100 PHY, rev. 4
    "AT&T/Lucent LTMODEM" rev 0x01 at pci0 dev 3 function 1 not configured
    "Cirrus Logic CS4280/46xx CrystalClear" rev 0x01 at pci0 dev 5 function 0 not configured
    piixpcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x02: SpeedStep
    pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility
    wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <FUJITSU MHM2060AT>
    wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 5729MB, 11733120 sectors
    wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
    pciide0: channel 1 disabled (no drives)
    uhci0 at pci0 dev 7 function 2 "Intel 82371AB USB" rev 0x01: irq 9
    piixpm0 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 "Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x03: SMI
    iic0 at piixpm0
    cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0
    cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 2 device 0 cacheline 0x8, lattimer 0xb0
    pcmcia0 at cardslot0
    cardslot1 at cbb1 slot 1 flags 0
    cardbus1 at cardslot1: bus 5 device 0 cacheline 0x8, lattimer 0xb0
    pcmcia1 at cardslot1
    isa0 at piixpcib0
    isadma0 at isa0
    pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
    pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
    pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
    wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
    pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
    pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
    wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
    pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
    midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
    spkr0 at pcppi0
    lpt2 at isa0 port 0x3bc/4: polled
    npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
    pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
    pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
    usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
    uhub0 at usb0: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
    biomask ebe5 netmask efe5 ttymask ffe7
    pctr: 686-class user-level performance counters enabled
    mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
    wi0 at pcmcia0 function 0 "Lucent Technologies, WaveLAN/IEEE, Version 01.01" port 0xa000/64
    wi0: Firmware 4.52 variant 1, address 00:02:2d:00:2d:02
    dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80
    root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b

    Not a lot of evil in this box from what I know. I have the clcs(4) disabled; it works.

  8. By doodoobrown (74.60.251.97) on

    couldn't do much but heres $50 in the pot.

    Comments
    1. By Anonymous Coward (80.235.37.161) on

      > couldn't do much but heres $50 in the pot.

      Just some bucks added :)
      All the best.

  9. By Howard Pepper (HowiPepper) howard.pepper@bankofamerica.com on

    I just installed OpenBSD 4.1 on a computer this morning and it runs like a top.

    I can't do much in the way of hacking, but I try to buy each new release of OpenBSD, along with a t-shirt from time to time and a donation to OpenBSD once or twice a year.

    I just made a US $50 donation towards the new notebook, and I hope it helps! Good luck and thanks for all the work you and the other OpenBSD developers do!

  10. By Sean (17.64.45.147) on http://www.kehoes.org/

    Just added some Euros to the pot. Good luck Toby, hope you're hacking again soon.

    Sean.

  11. By Andrew B (167.127.24.25) on

    > Unfortunately my current financial situation is that
    > I can only afford to spend $400-$500 dollars on this.

    Then spend $500 on a second-hand laptop. The moment you
    take a shiny new laptop out of its box it has lost a third
    of its value, so why waste that money?

    Comments
    1. By Igor Sobrado (sobrado) on

      > > Unfortunately my current financial situation is that
      > > I can only afford to spend $400-$500 dollars on this.
      >
      > Then spend $500 on a second-hand laptop. The moment you
      > take a shiny new laptop out of its box it has lost a third
      > of its value, so why waste that money?

      Because used laptops can be damaged in so many ways. I have
      a second-hand T43, but I really trust on the seller. I am lucky,
      though. I know that if something goes wrong with that machine
      he will be glad to help me to fix it providing the replacement
      parts. Laptops can be easily damaged by an inadequate use
      (e.g., hinges -not the steel ones on ThinkPads, I think!-,
      PCMCIA and HDD connectors, LCD...)

      On the other hand this laptop will be used, amongst other things,
      to improve hardware support on recent ThinkPads. It is better
      a challenging ACPI-only laptop than an old one. A used T60 Series
      laptop cannot be adquired with only $500 USD. All of us will
      benefit from the improvements in ACPI support even if we run
      OpenBSD on servers only.

      I paid $800 USD for a T43 with 2 GB RAM and 100 GB HDD.
      A T60 Series one will be as expensive as this one at least.

      By the way, thank you very much to all the people that has
      donated money to buy this laptop.

      Comments
      1. By Mark Carlson (dextromulous) on http://mcarlson.ca

        > > > Unfortunately my current financial situation is that
        > > > I can only afford to spend $400-$500 dollars on this.
        > >
        > > Then spend $500 on a second-hand laptop. The moment you
        > > take a shiny new laptop out of its box it has lost a third
        > > of its value, so why waste that money?
        >
        > Because used laptops can be damaged in so many ways. I have
        > a second-hand T43, but I really trust on the seller. I am lucky,
        > though. I know that if something goes wrong with that machine
        > he will be glad to help me to fix it providing the replacement
        > parts. Laptops can be easily damaged by an inadequate use
        > (e.g., hinges -not the steel ones on ThinkPads, I think!-,
        > PCMCIA and HDD connectors, LCD...)
        [snip]
        >
        > I paid $800 USD for a T43 with 2 GB RAM and 100 GB HDD.
        > A T60 Series one will be as expensive as this one at least.
        >
        > By the way, thank you very much to all the people that has
        > donated money to buy this laptop.

        I agree, I purchased a refurbished (from IBM) T42p, for a reasonable price, but even it had its drawbacks. PgUp/PgDn keys are sticky, display has some permanent marks on it (not dead pixels,) battery is in rough shape (runs out in ~2hrs, then shows 0% for another half hour before it dies.) For any serious amount of work, a new ThinkPad is the way to go. I just bought mine for recreational use.

        -Mark

        Comments
        1. By Igor Sobrado (sobrado) sobrado@ on

          > > I paid $800 USD for a T43 with 2 GB RAM and 100 GB HDD.
          > > A T60 Series one will be as expensive as this one at least.
          > >
          > > By the way, thank you very much to all the people that has
          > > donated money to buy this laptop.
          >
          > I agree, I purchased a refurbished (from IBM) T42p, for a reasonable price, but even it had its drawbacks. PgUp/PgDn keys are sticky, display has some permanent marks on it (not dead pixels,) battery is in rough shape (runs out in ~2hrs, then shows 0% for another half hour before it dies.) For any serious amount of work, a new ThinkPad is the way to go. I just bought mine for recreational use.

          Hi Mark,

          Perhaps you can clean the PgUp/PgDn keys and LCD (the marks on the LCD come probably from the pointing stick).

          On the battery... well, if you have one of the 9-cell batteries recalled by Lenovo since september 2006 you can contact with them. The technical support team will replace the defective battery for free (and will ask you to return the defective battery). These batteries were provided with the T43/p, T60/p and some R Series, but were available as replacement batteries for T42p systems so, perhaps you have one:

          http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=BATT-LENOVO#hp

          The p models are excellent high-performance mobile workstations. A very good choice.

          Igor.

          Comments
          1. By Mark Carlson (dextromulous) on http://mcarlson.ca

            > > I agree, I purchased a refurbished (from IBM) T42p, for a reasonable price, but even it had its drawbacks. PgUp/PgDn keys are sticky, display has some permanent marks on it (not dead pixels,) battery is in rough shape (runs out in ~2hrs, then shows 0% for another half hour before it dies.) For any serious amount of work, a new ThinkPad is the way to go. I just bought mine for recreational use.
            >
            > Hi Mark,
            >
            > Perhaps you can clean the PgUp/PgDn keys and LCD (the marks on the LCD come probably from the pointing stick).

            I'm working on the keys, rubbing alcohol helps for a short period of time, each time progressively longer.

            The LCD has two types of marks, neither related to the trackpoint. I'm not that worried about it, however, since I got such a good deal on the notebook. There are small dim spots on a few parts of the LCD, it looks like someone dropped something on the screen when it was open (I've seen similar markings on LCDs that have been hit by metal objects.) The other LCD marks look like someone poked the screen with a tiny needle. These end up looking like stuck pixels, but are not (the "stuck" pixels underneath move around if you move your head around.) I really don't notice, since my monitor is usually dusty anyway, but it would be annoying for many people.


            >
            > On the battery... well, if you have one of the 9-cell batteries recalled by Lenovo since september 2006 you can contact with them. The technical support team will replace the defective battery for free (and will ask you to return the defective battery). These batteries were provided with the T43/p, T60/p and some R Series, but were available as replacement batteries for T42p systems so, perhaps you have one:
            >
            > http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=BATT-LENOVO#hp
            >

            I purchased my T42p in may of 2007, and the (9-cell) battery was refurbished, so maybe it was already recalled once. I'm just going to buy a new battery eventually and use this one as a backup.

            > The p models are excellent high-performance mobile workstations. A very good choice.
            >
            > Igor.

            Yeah, I think it was a great choice. It is my first computer with a 1600x1200 display, which I really enjoy. Now if only X would play nicely with APM suspend... oh well...

            -Mark

            Comments
            1. By sthen (85.158.44.149) on

              > The LCD has two types of marks, neither related to the trackpoint. I'm not that worried about it, however, since I got such a good deal on the notebook. There are small dim spots on a few parts of the LCD

              I had something like that on my X40. The HD also died; IBM wanted it back to swap the hard drive and they changed the display too (I bought the machine on Ebay, so I was suitably impressed by this :-)

      2. By Sean (213.202.153.84) on http://www.kehoes.org

        >
        > Because used laptops can be damaged in so many ways. I have
        > a second-hand T43, but I really trust on the seller. I am lucky,
        > though. I know that if something goes wrong with that machine
        > he will be glad to help me to fix it providing the replacement
        > parts. Laptops can be easily damaged by an inadequate use
        > (e.g., hinges -not the steel ones on ThinkPads, I think!-,
        > PCMCIA and HDD connectors, LCD...)
        >
        > On the other hand this laptop will be used, amongst other things,
        > to improve hardware support on recent ThinkPads. It is better
        > a challenging ACPI-only laptop than an old one. A used T60 Series
        > laptop cannot be adquired with only $500 USD. All of us will
        > benefit from the improvements in ACPI support even if we run
        > OpenBSD on servers only.
        >
        > I paid $800 USD for a T43 with 2 GB RAM and 100 GB HDD.
        > A T60 Series one will be as expensive as this one at least.
        >
        > By the way, thank you very much to all the people that has
        > donated money to buy this laptop.

        I can see Andrew's point but I disagree with it. What I have on my machines here is an amazing OS that I can hack around and install on any machine I like with no restrictions. The functionality and the freedom count for a lot.

        The people who make that possible are the developers and frankly I trust them to chose the equipment that they feel they'll need for the job. The request is obviously seen as reasonable since quite a few users have already donated towards it. If we want the latest and greatest hardware features to be supported then we need to help the devs get their hands on it.

        I like the developers to have older equipment as well though, particularly since I tend to use older equipment and I'd love to see it continue to be supported. If we want the devs to have the older equipment though, we're better off just donating the equipment directly to them - as requested on the openbsd.org site.

  12. By Mike Erdely (merdely) mike@erdelynet.com on http://erdelynet.com/

    In case you didn't see the update to the story...

    Update (Aug 1 2007, 16:00 EDT): We have reached our goal. Toby received enough donations to get a laptop (per donation high of $250 and low of $10 USD). There were 34 people that stepped up to the call, including but not limited to: Chris Mair, Corey C., Darrin Chandler, David Alten, Dennis van Zuijlekom, Didier Wiroth, Eric Moore, Hugo Lombard, Ian McWilliam, Jim Aragon, Marcel Wiget, Mark Carlson, Mike Erdely, Mike Miller, Nick Ryan, Niklas Eriksson, Peichaer Robert, Pekka Niiranen, Robert Rose.

    Special thanks to Alexander Bederov for making it possible to get an even better laptop at the original price goal and Peter Hessler for shipping arragements.

    Thanks everyone!

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