Please let me tell you of a service that I perform as a part of my ministry.
I have a small ministry in central eastern Maine. As a part of this ministry I collect, upgrade and provide free of any charge Experienced Macs to anyone who cannot otherwise afford a computer. As this is totally at personal expense and in my "free time" I find that I can only provide two or three Experienced Macs per month. I have provided computers to as far away as California and routinely receive computer for fix up and give away from as far away as California and Florida. Obviously there is always a waiting list. I always try to fit the needs of the person to the computer and vice versa. I have provided everything from Mac SEs to a 9600/G3 upgraded box. I do have a number of Mac II's and maybe some Quadra's that I could part with very cheap if anyone is interested. This truly is a bare bones ministry and even a five dollar donation for an old machine will help me provide a computer to someone who doesn't have a one. Incidently, the county that I am located in is the second most impoverished county in the State of Maine and many children here have no exposure to computers outside of the school. And the problem with the cost of the LCII that you mentioned is that people really have no idea what computers are worth today. They look it up in the blue book and it says $80 so that is what they ask for it. People send me LCII's all the time for me to give away. A woman down the street from me was trying to "force" a neighbor to buy a 5200 from her for $500. Thanks for the time and air space, Rev. Art on 8/9/02 00:00, James Burton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I got a Performa 6200 for $20 at a local thrift shop. All it needed was a > new PRAM battery and CD-ROM. An external CD-ROM was only $5 from the same > place. > > They also had an SE/30 for $10. I almost got it, but I've bought too many > Macs already, and I have no use for it. > > Most people have no clue about what old Macs are worth. I got a IIsi with > ethernet and co-processor for $5 at a used computer store. This store was > selling a LC II for $80. No clue as to what they were selling. > > James Burton. -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
