Monday, January 28, 2008

seeking wireless cards for the old style EMacs

Hello to tech colleagues around the country

We have started a program called Tech Saturdays to image and distribute to
families in Harlem refurbished Mac and PC computers (see
http://www.thechildrensstorefront.org/ts if interested).

Several NYC Independent Schools have donated to us a number of the old
eMacs that were popular in the years 2001-2004. However, we have run out
of the wireless cards for these machines.

If there are schools around the country that are getting rid of these
machines (or already have them in a closet about to get rid of them)
please consider contacting me and donating the wireless cards to our
project ... thanks in advance ... the specific model is an eMac 700/800
MHz ... here is a funny picture from our basement ...
http://www.summercore.com/CLIC/eMacsdonated.jpg ... and a better one with
two of my students carrying one of these 50 pound machines (equal to
carrying 17 of the new Mac laptops)...
http://www.cstorefront.org/ts/IMG_0004.jpg

thanks in advance for any help you can give me ... it would be wonderful
if anyone has even a few of these wireless cards to ship me ... Steve

Steve Bergen
CIO and Computer Teacher, The Children's Storefront
e-mail: sbergen@cstorefront.org
An Independent School in Harlem
Web site: http://www.thechildrensstorefront.org
shipping address: 70 East 129th Street, New York, NY 10035

also co-director, The "Summercore" Teaching Company
until the Boston Celtics win #17 ... http://www.summercore.com
Summercore 2008 includes July 7-11 and July 14-18 at Horace Mann, NY
as well as July 21-25 at Shorecrest in St. Petersburg, FL (all 3 open to
public)

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