Re: Old Mac computers
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 redistribute them to less fortunate schools like rural or regional primary schools by the pallet load as these schools don't have a great budget for information technology resources and have low demand activities for them Regards Christian On 20/02/2006, at 10:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 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. Unfortunately as a Deputy Principal and looking after all of our network ( at the moment) I just can't find the time to re image them etc. I hate throwing out good computers that work so. I remember a group that were setting up computers for use in Timor as well as the Computer Angels in Perth. These computers range from the original Classics to 6400's. ( I can still use iMacs on our network). I'm particularly interested in the Timor idea as the older models are more likely to be accepted. Do any of you have any contact info for me? thanks in advance. pmarty -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Old Mac computers
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, at 10:57 AM, Christian Kotz wrote: 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 redistribute them to less fortunate schools like rural or regional primary schools by the pallet load as these schools don't have a great budget for information technology resources and have low demand activities for them Regards Christian On 20/02/2006, at 10:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 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. Unfortunately as a Deputy Principal and looking after all of our network ( at the moment) I just can't find the time to re image them etc. I hate throwing out good computers that work so. I remember a group that were setting up computers for use in Timor as well as the Computer Angels in Perth. These computers range from the original Classics to 6400's. ( I can still use iMacs on our network). I'm particularly interested in the Timor idea as the older models are more likely to be accepted. Do any of you have any contact info for me? thanks in advance. pmarty -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Old Mac computers
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 or netbsd or another *nix and ship them to E. Timor for teaching and infrastructure gifthorse, mouth! cheers Nat On Feb 21, 2006, at 10:57 AM, Christian Kotz wrote: 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 redistribute them to less fortunate schools like rural or regional primary schools by the pallet load as these schools don't have a great budget for information technology resources and have low demand activities for them Regards Christian On 20/02/2006, at 10:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 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. Unfortunately as a Deputy Principal and looking after all of our network ( at the moment) I just can't find the time to re image them etc. I hate throwing out good computers that work so. I remember a group that were setting up computers for use in Timor as well as the Computer Angels in Perth. These computers range from the original Classics to 6400's. ( I can still use iMacs on our network). I'm particularly interested in the Timor idea as the older models are more likely to be accepted. Do any of you have any contact info for me? thanks in advance. pmarty -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
re Old Mac Computers
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 PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Macs for Timor Hi Kevin Sorry it has taken a while for anyone to get back to you. My name is Patrick Fagan and I have been involved with Leeuwin Care and the Bakhita Centre for a number of years now (http://www.bakhita.orgwww.bakhita.org ). The program that used to send materials up from Perth to Timor is no longer is in operation as the owner of the container company changed and the new owners were not interested in doing the shipping for free. I think the cost to get it to Darwin was around $2000 and there is no money at all to cover it. Saying that I have emailed a few other people who may know ways to get the computers to Timor. I will try and get a response for you in the next week or so. Sorry again for the delay. Regards Patrick Fagan
Re: re Old Mac Computers
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 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 PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Macs for Timor Hi Kevin Sorry it has taken a while for anyone to get back to you. My name is Patrick Fagan and I have been involved with Leeuwin Care and the Bakhita Centre for a number of years now (http://www.bakhita.orgwww.bakhita.org ). The program that used to send materials up from Perth to Timor is no longer is in operation as the owner of the container company changed and the new owners were not interested in doing the shipping for free. I think the cost to get it to Darwin was around $2000 and there is no money at all to cover it. Saying that I have emailed a few other people who may know ways to get the computers to Timor. I will try and get a response for you in the next week or so. Sorry again for the delay. Regards Patrick Fagan -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Old Mac computers
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 68K processors cope with the being repurposed? On 21/02/2006, at 11:05 AM, subscribe wrote:
Re: Old Mac computers
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 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 68K processors cope with the being repurposed? On 21/02/2006, at 11:05 AM, subscribe wrote: -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Old Mac computers
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. Unfortunately as a Deputy Principal and looking after all of our network ( at the moment) I just can't find the time to re image them etc. I hate throwing out good computers that work so. I remember a group that were setting up computers for use in Timor as well as the Computer Angels in Perth. These computers range from the original Classics to 6400's. ( I can still use iMacs on our network). I'm particularly interested in the Timor idea as the older models are more likely to be accepted. Do any of you have any contact info for me? My church people say you could try http://www.greenpc.com.au/. Dunno if they take Macs though. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Re: Old Mac computers
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 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. Unfortunately as a Deputy Principal and looking after all of our network ( at the moment) I just can't find the time to re image them etc. I hate throwing out good computers that work so. I remember a group that were setting up computers for use in Timor as well as the Computer Angels in Perth. These computers range from the original Classics to 6400's. ( I can still use iMacs on our network). I'm particularly interested in the Timor idea as the older models are more likely to be accepted. Do any of you have any contact info for me? thanks in advance. pmarty -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
