Bob, Be careful what you take with you, some computers can _*NOT*_ be taken out of the country. I just don't want anyone to get in trouble by exporting something that is restricted for export. Check to be sure the hardware can be taken out of the country. Laptops have more restrictions then desktop computers. ThinkPad's are of special concern, some of the chips may have encryption in the microcode that can not and should not leave the country. If the machines have MS Windows installed the software can't leave the country depending on the encryption software installed. They (customs) get really paranoid when they find something that should not be exported. Sam. Bob & Ruth Schilmoeller wrote: > All, > I have been reading this list for a while and this last discussion > about the nostalgic computers prompted me to send this inquiry. My > church works with a church in Haiti and we have sent several old > computers for a lab. I have been to Haiti twice on missions, once to > install pumps for water and the last time to set up the computer lab > and Direcway satellite internet so we can communicate with them. I am > going again the end of February and would like to take some old > laptops with me. I would be very appreciative if anyone can point me > to access to old (preferable pentium or >, not 3/486) laptops that I > could acquire for free or very cheaply. (<$100) > > Thanks in advance for any pointers! > - Bob > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list