OT: USED MACs

2009-04-23 Thread Jeff Reynolds
Stephen and Richard, hey what ever you dont give away there was a school over in oakland (i think the jr high just behind the grand lake theatre) that had a lab program where the kids take in donated old equipment and either frankenstein together systems or recycle what is not recoverable a

Re: OT: USED MACs

2009-04-22 Thread Tereza Snyder
Hi Stephen, Does one of the Apple][s have an echo ][ speech synthesizer? I will pay for the card—and box thinging that comes with it—if it works! Lack of an Echo ][ prevents me from playing and recording several years' worth of my early work. I have an Apple][ GS but no speech card. t

Re: OT: USED MACs

2009-04-22 Thread Andre Garzia
My clamshell iBook broke this year after almost 10 years of service. Something very odd happened, the screen went all rugged and it smells like vinegar -- I've seen this happening with film in the film school -- I think the screen film turned into vinegar or something, I had it stored with all prec

Re: OT: USED MACs

2009-04-21 Thread Scott Morrow
We run stuff like that ( I have mostly G3 iMacs, and some original, indestructible, clamshell iBooks) at my elementary school. Folks donate or we pick them up cheap and keep fixing. San Francisco is kind of a long drive though, even for a Cube and a G3 Wallstreet. : ) Scott Morrow Elem

Re: OT: USED MACs

2009-04-21 Thread dunbarx
I keep ADB macs in stock because I run machinery with them using the old beeHive gadget. There was a guy in Troy, New York who had literally hundreds of blue and whites that he was selling for $5 each. I bought six. He might still be around. Craig Newman __

Re: OT: USED MACs

2009-04-21 Thread Jim Ault
Wonder if there are any schools that are looking for old equipment.. our computer club used to donate old items to the day school and elementary levels whose budgets were non-existent. Usually some old tech guy was donating his time to keeping repairs and software in useable form. You kno

Re: OT: USED MACs

2009-04-21 Thread Petrides, M.D. Marian
Stephen I do not live in the SF area but would be very interested in the Apple ][s with drives and cards but sans monitors. Also the Mac cube. (OK, I admit it. I'm STILL an Apple ][ fanatic!) I'd be glad to pay for packing and shipping from your place to mine in Columbia, MO if you'd be

OT: USED MACs

2009-04-21 Thread stephen barncard
I don't use the old stuff any more but I just rescued several of my old macs from storage, and any list member in San Francisco that wants to come over and adopt, be my guest I'd rather have them loved than go to E-waste ville. Mac Cube G4 450?mhz G4 500 mhz with that odd AGP 'Space Blasters' m