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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

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 Kids can be rough on computers and newer ones get outdated fast, just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 :>)