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I do, Churchy. I'll have to charge for components replaced if necessary, plus a little bit for gas, but nothing more than that. PM me if you'd like me to take a look.mechurchlady wrote:do you do house calls as mine is messed up.
Sometimes you can also get used ones from the government surplus, and if you are fixing them to give away to schools, you can "bid" on them for no cost! I will tell you though, that they are probably very used. We used to get some good working "old" technology in case we ran across older media, and built up a supply of items.Zazu wrote:As long as we're already on the subject of elderly computers, a couple of thoughts:
First, WDW sells 3-year-old machines at Property Control for $50 each, without keyboard, mouse or monitor. They usually have keyboards and mice for $1 each, and CRT monitors have been going for $10. (Haven't seen any flat screens there yet.) The units there last week had a (wiped) hard drive and floppy, but no CD reader. All are sold as is, but they are pulled from people's desks after three years, just because HP supplies new ones, so the chances they'll work are excellent.
Second, I'm organizing a program with the local Linux users group to recycle old systems. We wipe the drive, swap out dead parts, clean them, install Linux and a suite of software, and donate most to schools and non-profit orgs. We sell a few, usually for $50 *with* keyboard and mouse, to raise funds to buy parts to fix the rest. (And we can tell you where in town to get a monitor for under $20.) If you'd like to donate your old one, we can put it to good use *and* give you a tax write-off!
You may not think that a recycled computer would be worth much, and it's true it would suck at running the latest games, but if you just want to surf the web, send email, write some letters to your offline friends, they're great. By purging Windoze and installing Linux, the effective speed is nearly doubled, the reliability is way up, and the software is all free.
Anybody in town needs help with getting, fixing, or disposing of a system, let me know.