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I just got an Apple II+ and it seems to work, except for the disk drive.
I can't tell if it's the controller card or the drive (or the slot?) and I
was hoping someone local could lend me a hand.  If you have a drive that works
then it would really help me to figure out what is wrong with mine.

I was given the computer as a donation.  I am trying to get computers into
a school in Jamaica.  I will be going there in March to teach how they work,
but if I can't get this computer to work there won't be much to teach!  In
case you are interested, I attached a note I posted on netnews a couple weeks
ago at the end of this letter.  It tells what I am up to.

Thanks for any help!

- Tom Goodman

p.s.  If you would like to make Apple II+ software donations, it would be a
      big help too.  Anything that you think a kid (thru age 16) could learn
      from and/or enjoy would be greatly appreciated.

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Wanted: Computer & accessory donations for underprivileged Jamaican
children.

The 1331 students and 29 teachers at Hopewell Elementary School in Hanover,
Jamaica, recently experienced a big disappointment:   

Last month 14 "computers" were donated to Hopewell by a company (which will
go unnamed).  The company received much publicity for their charity.  The
teachers, most of whom had never seen a computer before, were ecstatic.  I
volunteered, starting next month, to teach the teachers how to use the
computers as educational tools.  Sounds wonderful ... right?!

Well... when I inquired further, I discovered that the school had actually
received 14 AT&T data terminals -- no computers, no hard-disks, no cpu, no
software, no good.  The donating company does not offer to rectify the
situation.  The teachers are disheartened.

The economy in Jamaica is extremely depressed and inflation ridden (phone
bills just increased %150 this week).  The school cannot afford to buy
computers.  They would be grateful to receive ANY kind of computer, no
matter how prehistoric.  

If you are willing to donate computers, printers, modems, software, etc... 
I will donate my time and energy to make sure they are used to educate the
children of this community.  

Please respond a.s.a.p.  Thank you for any help.

Tom Goodman

Phone: (303) 494-3773
hayes@spot.colorado.edu

p.s.  I am a computer science graduate from Swarthmore College who has been
working in the international research and development division of a p.c.
software company (S.P.C.) for the past 4 years.