[X4U] Recycling Mac's

[William Morse]

Hi Jim-

Where are you located?

Bill
On Feb 8, 2007, at 8:47 PM, Jim Scott wrote:

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> On Feb 8, 2007, at 2:20 PM, Rod Duncan wrote:
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>> Guess the moral of the story is don't take "no" for an answer when  
>> it comes to recycling our old Mac's. The old cliche... someone's  
>> garbage is another's treasure still holds.
>>
>> Rod
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> I've found new homes for more than 500 older Macs in the last 4.5  
> years of my retirement. I've placed hundreds of 520-5400 all-in- 
> ones everywhere from K-3 classrooms to needy kid's homes, and the  
> like. Developmentally challenged kids up into their early teens  
> seem to be especially comfortable using these older Macs. I find  
> the Macs, clean/fix them, then load a fresh copy of the appropriate  
> OS and a special software pack of about 80 freeware/shareware/ 
> abandonware learning games and programs from the early '90s I've  
> developed. The feedback I get from the new owners of these  
> repurposed Macs is more rewarding than any paychecks I ever got.  
> Plus it's nice to know that when these Macs do go to their final  
> resting place, they will have been thoroughly and completely used  
> up, not just determined to be obsolete for today's mainstream tasks.
>
> Jim
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