[Discuss] Free laptop for parts

[Murray Strome]

I will ask them, but I don't really think that they will want this one.
Murray
On 2015-08-31 03:08 PM, gordon wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-08-31 at 13:59 -0700, Murray Strome wrote:
>> I have an old Acer TravelMate 2300 Series Model ZL1 that I am about to
>> take to the Salvation Army recycling centre, but thought i would offer
>> it to anyone who might be able to use it for parts. It has no power
>> supply or HD and it quit working a long time ago after  an electrical
>> storm -- probably the Main Board was damaged. As far as I know, the
>> keyboard, Display, battery, internal CD/DVD drive and the RAM (2X256G)
>> are all OK.
>>
>> If anyone can make use of it, please let me know within the next week.
>>
>> Murray
>>
>> ____Murray: You might want to give it to "Give a computer a new home', a program of refurbishing old computers, fixing or replacing bad components, and then give them to needy would-be computerists for free, run out of S.J. Willis School on Topaz Ave. Two friends of mine run it, Jim Little, who attends our church, and an ex-president of VLUG whose name I forget (!!) They're doing yeoman work, both giving newcomers a chance to participate in the computer revolution, and spreading the"good news" about Linux far and wide. They could almost certainly repair your Acer and give it to someone who can't just walk into a computer store and take one home.
> Gordon.
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