Our group regularly refurbishes computers and sends them along with "Obsolete" medical equipment overseas. These computers are distributed to small businesses and schools. The older the better! As these "OLD" machines are often less power hungry and more reliable than the newer ones. As an example... one school in Vanuatu uses old dot matrix printers and when the ribbon gets dry they spray it with WD-40 , RP-7 , (Spray on lubricant and rust preventive) and the ribbon is good to go. We have sent machines to Mongolia, East Timor, Vanuatu and other such places. (I'm an Aussie resident)
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Our group regularly refurbishes computers and sends them along with "Obsolete" medical equipment overseas. These computers are distributed to small businesses and schools. The older the better! As these "OLD" machines are often less power hungry and more reliable than the newer ones. As an example ... one school in Vanuatu uses old dot matrix printers and when the ribbon gets dry they spray it with WD-40 , RP-7 , (Spray on lubricant and rust preventive) and the ribbon is good to go. We have sent machines to Mongolia, East Timor, Vanuatu and other such places. (I'm an Aussie resident)