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Thread ID: 48128	2004-08-14 16:57:00	What to do with old PC	sarel (2490)	Press F1

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261769	2004-08-15 02:36:00	"Gone are the days when local schools would want old PCs" Totally wrong. They can't get enough of them. To many schools a p2 350 would be a giant step up from some of the dinosaurs they use in classrooms such as p100's or in the case of one New Plymouth school I visited recently, where 5 classrooms were quite happily running 486 dx66's as word processors. I'm sure there are some schools in yuppie areas that would turn up their noses at one but not your average school. I just donated 3x P166's to a local playcentre (who operate on the sniff of an oily rag) loaded with Licenced Win 95 and every freeware tinytots program I could find and if they are destroyed by the little toebiters it's no loss to the playcentre or me. Meanwhile they are having fun.	the highlander (245)
261770	2004-08-15 03:11:00	Can anyone recommend an ISP in Auckland that offers affordable or Prepaid internet access to go along with the 'old' PC?	BachelorNo1 (3913)
261771	2004-08-15 03:57:00	My vote is with the others - someone else will be very glad to have it . One of my PCs is a P2 266MHz and in constant daily use for internet surfing/emails, MS Publisher, Word, some older games and "light" photo editing with Paintshop Pro so is far from being redundant . For now, anyway . :p :D Sure, it is slow compared to my main PC but it gets the job done . It helps having 160MB RAM in it as opposed to the 32MB it came with and it runs Win 98 which doesn't slow it down like a more recent version would . Don't "biff" yours out, I am sure someone would be very happy to receive it if you have no use for it yourself . For a bit of inspiration have a look at this ( . nzherald . co . nz/storydisplay . cfm?storyID=3583975&thesection=technology&thesubsection=general" target="_blank">www . nzherald . co . nz) . :-)	Susan B (19)
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