> > My thought was that our "castoffs" are probably more than
> adequate,
> > and if he could pick up shipping, it could work for everyone.
>
> True! Anyone want to volunteer to be coordinator here?
I would volunteer, but I've got WAY too many commitments already,
as well as a sick mother. http://www.austin1.com/nola I'm more
than willing to donate some spare parts, though.
> > He also said that shipping is only part of the expense of getting
> stuff
> > into the country. Something about the officials at the port
> adding an
> > additional "surcharge." ;-)
>
> Certainly implied. You know, if you could arrange for a news
> reporter
> to accompany those computers through the customs area, video cameras
> running, to document this wonderful happening, they might
> temporarily feel "generous"...
Y'know, this is a relatively novel effort. It's originated and
coordinated
through the internet. That angle would probably be newsworthy, by
itself. Shouldn't be too hard to find an interested news service.
Might even be good for a internet simulcast, if the facilities are
available. Think about the international uproar from the internet,
if "problems" were encountered, live, on a simulcast capable of
being received by 50 million people worldwide.
> > Yep. And, if it was available, a custom burned CDROM backup disk
> > could be used to "restore" the hard drives to identical condition.
>
> Same disk could have several component files, alternately, pick the
> one
> you want (Do-able from a batch file or script.)
True. Actually, my Acer desktop came with something like that,
in which you enter in their insanely long model ID number and
it installs the appropriate set of software.
It's one of the things I liked best about it -- and that it was done
years before it became "normal."
> I re-ship for small US & overseas businesses, world-wide.
> (For private individuals at cost; ask.)
Any suggestions about shipping, etc? Is it, for example, most
efficient to ship from the US to Ghana? Or would it be cheaper
to ship from Canada or Mexico? I would suspect that it's not
always the "intuitive" choice.
And, we're talking about shipping technology -- are there any
problems with sending this to Ghana? This is, after all, your
field.
-- Chuck Knight
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