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From: abc@BRL.MIL (Brinton Cooper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: School Computers
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Date: 19 Oct 89 01:24:23 GMT
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Mark Mavromatis writes:
> 
> 
> Our school got into that Appletree "Apples for Schools" program and here's the
> deal that we get......
> 
> If we raise $110,000 in Appletree receipts, we get (drumroll please.......) a 
> IIc+ system!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (wow, talk about new technology there!)
> 
> I wish that our school could convert to NEW technology like the IIGS.

What is an "Appletree" receipt?  In Maryland, we collect cash register
receipts from the "Giant" food store; Giant is an East Coast supermarket
chain.  If we raise about $165K (working from memory, here), we can get
a IIGS.  Think about it:

	100 families at $200 per week = $20,000.

	At that rate, one new IIGS every 8.5 weeks.

	The program runs for 6 months (26 weeks) here.  That's three new
systems!

	And this is just from 100 families, which is probably but a
fraction of the  school population.  

	When you add in food bought by "families of families," teachers,
neighbors, friends, etc, the possibilities are staggering!

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Besides, what's so wrong with getting  a IIc+ for nothing more than
$110K in cash register receipts?  Do you think that Apple should give 5
or 10 systems to every school in the  country?

Do you think that Harcourt, Brace, and Jovanovich (sp?) give away
ANYTHING to the schools?

_Brint