A point of history.

[thom <tburrell.mail@gmail.com>]

So, summer is here and that means I'm out of the office and onsite.

My current contract is building out a network deployment solution for
a fairly large school district (54 odd schools).    As school is now
out, I am onsite in different schools each day pulling all of the
existing labs, carts and one offs into the fold so that we're in
production for the start of the school year.

Today, I was walking down a hallway from one lab to another when I
caught the sight of something beige in my peripheral vision.  Now,
it's 2010 and I haven't seen many vintage pieces of equipment; most of
those were recycled around the turn of the century.  However, when I
stopped and turned, I found a beautifully maintained Apple IIe
Platinum, color monitor and set of 5.25's.  I moved it over to a power
outlet, hooked it up and all was 8 bit goodness.

Sitting on the floor, next to a cracked dell case, old television and
busted projector.  Obviously heading for the recycling  truck.

Unfortunately, larger school districts are very fussy.  I've sent out
some emails hoping that maybe I can save the poor thing, but I'm not
holding my breath.  It's such a shame to see perfectly working example
of my childhood headed for salvage.  I'd love to see some of these
systems wind up in a lab to teach foundation concepts to kids that are
hip to that which is geek.

Ah well... I just wanted to share that with a group that might
sympathize.