[Homestead] Mac Question
Lynda
lurine at softcom.net
Sun Sep 9 01:33:42 EDT 2007
thanks. Not my cup of tea <g> However, I think it might be something for
the computer club at the local 4-H. They've been looking for things for the
younger kids to take apart.
Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Walton" <waltonrp at gmail.com>
> 256 mb RAM will be about $75 and the daughterbooard is another $75.
> The PRAM battery will be about $15. So that is about $165 if you can
> install the parts. Assuming it comes with or you have a monitor,
> keyboard and mouse. You'd have a working computer. OS 9 is not
> supported and I think that programs for it might be hard to find. At
> least newer programs. I don't know how old your kid is, if learning to
> use the computer is the goal, They'd be learning a now defunct OS. If
> they are at the stage that they are just learning to use the mouse and
> keyboard, it would certainly do.
>
> Kids can be rough on computers and newer ones get outdated fast, just
> to look at the other side of the fence :>)
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