> Correct
me if I'm wrong Max but I believe you live in NYC. Are you telling me
> that everyone in NYC has a computer who desires one ? This glut of computers
He is in MA, not far from boston. here anything below a 486 has no
value save to odd people like us.
I'm not in New York, Nor am I affiliated with
Dorsai any longer,
Off the top of my head I do not know of a similar org here. There is
however the MassTech Core which is involved in getting computeres into
schools (internet based, so only 386 or higher need apply).
For whatever reason, most non-profits seem to draw the line at a 486.
Even our local one, Share the Technology, (
http://www.libertynet.org/~share)
seems to mkae that distinction... as do many of the orgs who have posted
to their "Computers Wanted" list. (Kind of makes me wonder what they
did with the stack of 386SX-33 boards I donated to them.)
The biggest irony, I felt, was when I was a consultant at AT&T Somerset.
Every where you looked there were big posters for "AT&T Cares" (employee
volunteerism). One of the items was "Donate computers to a local school
(486 and above)". I guess that's why they couldn't get rid of the *heaps*
of 386-class systems in the closets and storerooms.
Personally, I tend to draw the line at the 386. In a Windows and GUI world,
I really don't want the aggravation to trying to teach someone text mode
apps or of having to listen when they can't find *any* software. This is
the same reason I will never give another person an Apple II unless they
already know about and want one.
OTOH, most 386 class sytems can share enough hardware and software with
later brethren that the issue is more one of speed.
Of course, I'm also a person who's been known to travel with a 386SX-16
notebook (recently replaced with a 386SLC-25 one).
<<<John>>>
