[Duo2400] macsforamigas.com?

[Andrew Butitta]

Whoa.. i'm tired.. by your subject line i thought you were wanting to 
trade in an Amiga (the commodore PC) for a Mac...

Sorry, no surplus macs here... :(

-Andy

On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 02:08  AM, Milton Lukins wrote:

> Dear Listers,
>
> This is only on topic to the degree that it refers to Macs.  At the 
> risk of
> getting thrown off the list...  Here goes...
>
> I had a girlfriend who was a widow.  She died in August 2000 from a 
> brain
> anyeurism that ruptured suddenly.  Her three children were orphaned.  
> The
> youngest, a daughter (Heather), was 6 months old when her father died, 
> 12
> when her mother died, and has just turned 15.  After spending over a 
> year
> in various foster homes in Texas she has been living with her tio and 
> tia in
> Mexico.  They are now her legal guardians.  They are Mexican citizens.
> Heather is a US citizen, born in Richmond, VA.  She speaks English and
> Spanish fluently.  Her last year and a half of school has been totally 
> in
> Spanish. Heather is a very good student.  Anyone familiar with Mexican
> culture also knows that at 15 she is now officially a "senorita".
>
> She has been using a creaky PC and a hotmail account to keep in touch 
> with
> her brothers, relatives, and friends in the US.  About a month ago it 
> died.
> There is no dinero to replace it with.  I think her extended family 
> has come
> to depend a great deal on her social security check.  They are great 
> people
> who take very good care of Heather but times is hard.
>
> I have decreed that Heather should have a Mac.  Not necessarily a
> laptop/notebook. Most likely an Imac.  However, times is hard in the 
> US as
> well.
>
> I write this on my 6100/66.  I also use it to read the Duo List daily.
> The LIST is always edifying, usually entertaining, sometimes amusing, 
> but
> NEVER boring.
>
> I could probably muster the shipping and send Heather the 6100 but a) 
> I am
> emotionally attached to it, and b) I would have to transfer everything 
> from
> the 6100 to my 2300c and then depend solely on it.  Not a likely 
> prospect
> right now.  Not only am I poor, I am also dumb.  I have yet to figure 
> out
> how to do this.  I hope someday to learn enough from the Duo List to 
> upgrade
> the 2300c to OS 8.6. and make it work, act, feel, and smell like the 
> the
> familiar 6100. But that is another post.
>
> THE QUESTION:  Might there exist a charitable organization, 
> institution,
> corporation or generous individual somewhere who would be willing to 
> donate
> a MAC to a worthy Mexican-American girl (er.. ah...senorita rather).  
> Just
> something humble that a 15 year old could use and not need a Phd. from 
> Duo
> List University.  It doesn't HAVE to have a CD burner or DVD.
>
> I am willing to pay for shipping to Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
>
> Should it make a difference I have some Duo stuff that I may 
> reluctantly
> part with.
>
> Feel free to contact me offline.
> Any input/suggestions/references would be gratefully appreciated.
>
> Thanks for listening.
> -- 
> Milton Lukins
> 703-869-1421
>
>
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