On 18-Jun-06, at 12:06 PM, Theresa Roth wrote: > I was given these items: > MAC LC 630 -- The Mac has OS 8 installed on it but no Word or Office. > > Colorstylewriter 2400 - no cartridge > > Apple multiple scan 15=94 display monitor =96 works perfectly > > > > What would be the point in keeping this? The printer has not been=20 > used in 6 years so I don=92t know if it is worth buying a printer=20 > cartridge for it (only to find out it doesn=92t work?). I have a=20 > PowerBook G4 I am happy with and my kids each have a Dell P3. Since=20 > the Powerbook is my first Mac, I have no older programs to run on this=20= > older Mac. I only have OS X, Office for Mac 2004 etc. > > Will OS X run on this? Can I install Word? Still not sure we actually=20= > need > it. > > Any ideas on what it might be useful for? Donate? > > Theresa As you seem to be in O/S X & Microsaft world there would be no point in=20= keeping this perfectly good computer. For hundreds of thousands of=20 poorer people this system would be a godsend. The printer is very good & will undoubtably work, but it is a Serial=20 printer; forerunner of USB; and I've yet to find a reliable Serial to=20 USB converter for such printers. It's cheaper to buy a new USB printer. Donate would be great, but mostly to the US where there are a number of=20= Orgs, but shipping will cost about $50-60. I have donated many similar systems to a number of local Welfare=20 recipients, just to get them into computering. TTFN, TeeC _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://www.freewebs.com/muglo/joinus.html Our Archives can be viewed at //www.freelists.org/archives/muglo Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://www.freewebs.com/muglo/