Re: Old Mac computers

2006-02-21 Thread Christian Kotz
Last I heard the Timor project had been flooded with older models so have stepped up specifications to high end Power PC's and G3 models and above but I could be wrong I heard there's an organisation in the education department who bundle decommissioned Macs from all over WA and

Re: Old Mac computers

2006-02-21 Thread subscribe
No, not so Notre Dame will take Licorice allsoughts, the tech guys down there really know there stuff, they usually repurpose these machines with freebsd or netbsd or another *nix and ship them to E. Timor for teaching and infrastructure gifthorse, mouth! cheers Nat On Feb 21, 2006,

Re: Old Mac computers

2006-02-21 Thread Christian Kotz
Well I told you I could be wrong :P Can 68K processors cope with the being repurposed? On 21/02/2006, at 11:05 AM, subscribe wrote: No, not so Notre Dame will take Licorice allsoughts, the tech guys down there really know there stuff, they usually repurpose these machines with freebsd

re Old Mac Computers

2006-02-21 Thread KEVIN Lock
I tried to give a number of older Macs to schools in East Timor through the Bakhita organisation http://www.bakhita.org/contact.htm under the umbrella of Notre Dame. Below is the reply from Paddy Fagan. regards Kev At 2:10 PM +0800 9/2/06, Paddy Fagan wrote: From: Paddy Fagan [EMAIL

Re: re Old Mac Computers

2006-02-21 Thread subscribe
well thats news!, hope they can find a carrier as it would be a shame for machines that we consider too old to not be able to get to a good cause like the bakhita center (thanks for the spelling correction btw) cheers Nat On Feb 21, 2006, at 1:46 PM, KEVIN Lock wrote: I tried to give a

Re: Old Mac computers

2006-02-21 Thread Reg Whitely
Of course Christian Mail boxes, fish tanks, backpacks (now that's an idea - a few straps in the right places and a hood over the screen opening. Nice solid case for the trek through the Andes!) Reg On 21 Feb 2006, at 11:11am, Christian Kotz wrote: Well I told you I could be wrong :P Can

Re: Old Mac computers

2006-02-21 Thread Christian Kotz
I meant coping with *BSB stuff. I actually made a satchel out of a Plus... Major chafe before even hitting the Andes, great space for packing your pan flutes though On 21/02/2006, at 9:19 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Of course Christian Mail boxes, fish tanks, backpacks (now that's an idea - a

Re: Old Mac computers

2006-02-21 Thread Glen Low
On 20/02/2006, at 10:55 PM, Peter Martinson wrote: Hi everyone, Well I've finally bitten the bullet! I currently have about 100 -130 Mac computers, monitors and printers (in my games room) that I was intending to set up as a borrowing resource for students without computers.

Re: Old Mac computers

2006-02-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Peter, if you contact Notre Dame University in Freo, they support a project in Timor called the Bagita center, where they can always use extra machines to teach local people computing skills. cheers Nat On 20/02/2006, at 10:55 PM, Peter Martinson wrote: Hi everyone, Well I've