Re: Computer Bank

[Ry Jones <rjones@moscow.com>]

Let me float an idea. If we had space, power, and net access, how many 
people would be willing to kick in to buy machines for an open-to-all 
computer lab? The machines I'm thinking of are the e4me.com 333id's or the 
like. Each machine would cost about a grand with a NIC, monitor, and small 
UPS. It could be run on a pay-per-ability basis or for free, whatever trips 
the lifters. If we had volunteers to teach, classes in Works or Word or 
whatever could be run.

Ideas? Much software can be had for free or low cost to non-profits. I know 
people at Microsoft who could get us a half dozen copies of office and 
encarta or whatever for cheap or free. If we gave people accounts on an NT 
box, we could let them actually keep persistent records in the lab. I 
dunno, I'm just throwing off sparks here.
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