Re: Suggestions please!

["boleymis" <boleymis@tampabay.rr.com>]

Thank you very much for the prompt and informative post.

Regards,
Tom
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> Tom,
>
> It sounds like a nice system as is, so what's wrong with using it
yourself?  I
> not only use mine everyday, but I wouldn't trust another computer with
anything
> important.
>
> If that's not to be, then:
>
> [X]  run a clock program and turn it into a timer (I've used mine as an
alarm
> clock many a time)
>
> [X]  add a probe and card and turn it into an electronic thermometer for
the
> outside or the attic (just how good is your insulation?)
>
> [X]  use it with a modem as an electronic phone directory and dialer
>
> [X]  start a business and run it from AppleWorks
>
> [X]  learn to write programs and publish them on the net
>
> [X]  loan it out to technophobes to introduce them to computing (what's
> friendlier than an Apple II?)  Soon, you'll have enough Apple II fanatics
to
> start your own Computer Club.
>
> [X]  donated it to a church (once they find out that it can do word
processing
> and mailings, they'll love it)
>
> [X]  donated it to a preschool (nothing simpler than an Apple II to start
up
> and operate, Apple IIs have proven that they can survive being used and
abused
> for over twenty years in classrooms, and preschools have zip for budgets)
>
> [X]  donate it to an after school program (for the same reasons as the
> preschool)
>
> [X]  donate it to a senior center (challenges for the mind, easy to read
40
> column mode, able to send email, plugs into tvs and vcrs for group use,
> students who visit senior centers have another common reference and maybe
some
> expertise that they can share
>
> [X]  donate it to your local Apple II club (they can find it a home for
sure)
>
> Jay Edwards
>
>