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- From: Chris.Rowan@f2.n3820.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Rowan)
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- Subject: If you had $7,000 to purchase computer equipment for your classroom...
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- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 02:27:38 PDT
- Organization: FidoNet node 1:3820/2 - The Lyceum, Brownsville TX
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- Hello everyone,
-
- I've posted pleas for help on several Internet and K12Net
- message areas and sincerely appreciate the advice given. Thanks!!
-
- I learned just last week that I was going to receive $7,000 in
- computer equipment for my classroom. I already have a
- modem-equipped IBM AT 386 w/ printer AND a phone line. I started
- compiling a "Wish List" and posted my plea for help on the Internet
- and K12Net.
-
- I've modified my wish list as per the suggestions given me by half a
- dozen respondents. PLEASE Let me know what you think. This is a
- one shot deal, and I want to get the best bang for the buck:
-
- multi-disk CD-ROM player w/sound card, speakers,
- and multimedia disks (e.g., encyclopedia, atlas,
- Guinness <sp?> Book of World Records, etc.)
- laser printer (Jet 4?)
- 9600 baud (or higher) fax/modem and 14450 UART chip
- page-sized scanner w/OCR software
- portable tape backup system (Colorado Trakker) 250 meg
- overhead projector interface
- 386 or 486 notebook/laptop w/60 meg HD, internal 2400
- (9600?) baud fax/modem, trakball
- extra serial ports
-
- . . . and as many IBM AT 486 DX clones as can be purchased with the
- money left over. These PC's should have the following features:
-
- LARGE hard drive (150 meg minimum)
- 4 to 8 meg RAM
- SVGA monitor
- serial mouse (cordless?)
- 2 extra serial ports
- 5 1/4" floppy drive (1.2 meg)
- 3 1/2" floppy drive (1.4 meg)
- DOS v 5.0 (or latest version)
- Windows (latest version)
- Network card w/lantastic (?)
-
- Have I forgotten anything? Is there anything here that you think is
- unnecessary? Superfluous? Redundant?
-
- One respondent suggested I get a Macintosh IIvi or vx. I don't know
- my Apples very well <g>. If you know what these two types of
- computers are capable of doing, could you puh-LEEEZE let me know?
-
- Thanks in advance for everything! I've learned quite a lot about
- Dream Systems over the last few days.
-
- Best regards,
- Chris
-
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