Previously, at 7:39 pm -0500 11/14/08, Shanel Hickman wrote: > >Thank you, yet again, lowendmac users for telling me >absolutely nothing of use. I've been asking for months >what can be done with these computers. I'm trying to >fix two of them up for use at non-profit organizations >but I guess I will have to look elsewhere for >assistance. All I ever receive are snarky comments or >questions that I answer and still receive no >assistance after. > >Only one response that I received was related to what >I asked. I just don't think this is the group for >me...best of luck to everyone and goodbye.
At 8:50 pm -0800 11/12/08, Dan the listmom wrote: > >I rarely make a general announcement on this list, but >I think this >one is important enough to break with protocol. > >We're launching a new initiative today, One Used Mac, >thanks to an >article on Newton Poetry. The core idea is saving old >Macs from >electronic recycling to see if they can be made usable >(and given >away) or have useful parts salvaged for use in >restoring other Macs. >These Macs would be given away to children or others >with no access to >a home computer. The goal is to have groups set up >around the country >and around the world that will work with local >e-cyclers to have a >first chance at old Macs, monitors, mice, keyboards, >etc. > ><http://lowendmac.com/musings/08mm/one-used-mac.html> > >Dan -- I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take hi kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him. -- Mark Twain --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
