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Title: info for donations
Post by: emerica on September 07, 2007, 08:29:43 pm
My wife is starting an arcade project with her students in an alternative school in NJ. She is curious (and so am I) about how to go about getting donations for her school so that the kids can build a machine.
Title: Re: info for donations
Post by: ratzz on September 07, 2007, 08:46:20 pm
... more information requires, me thinks ...
Title: Re: info for donations
Post by: TOK on September 07, 2007, 09:16:18 pm
http://www.tntamusements.com/
In eastern PA. Gives machines to schools/charities a couple times a year.

If you're just looking for cash to scratchbuild a machine, I don't really have any ideas other than selling candy bars or something.
Title: Re: info for donations
Post by: emerica on September 08, 2007, 07:14:32 am
They are going to build something in wood shop. This is a class project for the year and will most likely take them most of the year to complete.I think she was interested in where she can get computer parts and such donated to the school not cash. I believe that the school has the wood for it since they build cabinets and bookshelves all the time. Hopefully that will clear some things up.
Title: Re: info for donations
Post by: TOK on September 08, 2007, 11:55:03 am
In my opinion, Todd @ TNT is a liar and a thief... but he does donate games to charity.

Could you elaborate on what he stole from you and lied about?
Just curious, since I've done business with TNT a number of times and my experience has been good.
Title: Re: info for donations
Post by: Donkey_Kong on September 08, 2007, 12:44:31 pm
In my opinion, Todd @ TNT is a liar and a thief... but he does donate games to charity.

Could you elaborate on what he stole from you and lied about?
Just curious, since I've done business with TNT a number of times and my experience has been good.


and maybe try a different thread or take it to a PM so as to keep this thread on track?  :dunno


emerica-
I've got an older Dell P4  that I could donate for this project. It is kind of a beater though and just good enough to run MAME. If nothing better comes together in the next few days or weeks...Hit me up.
Title: Re: info for donations
Post by: emerica on September 08, 2007, 01:02:12 pm

emerica-
I've got an older Dell P4  that I could donate for this project. It is kind of a beater though and just good enough to run MAME. If nothing better comes together in the next few days or weeks...Hit me up.

I appreciate it. I'll see what she wants to do. She told me that the school has forms for donations so I am not sure what the procedure is for her to receive items. I will let her know and get back to you.
Title: Re: info for donations
Post by: TOK on September 08, 2007, 03:19:52 pm
and maybe try a different thread or take it to a PM so as to keep this thread on track?  :dunno

Raving lunatic to wanna-be moderator in one short year. That must be some kind of record.  :dizzy:

Title: Re: info for donations
Post by: RecklessAbandon on September 08, 2007, 04:32:39 pm
just a thought, is it wise to be running roms on a school project?

better make sure you stick to the legal ones from mamedev.org imo
Title: Re: info for donations
Post by: Donkey_Kong on September 08, 2007, 06:18:56 pm
and maybe try a different thread or take it to a PM so as to keep this thread on track?  :dunno

Raving lunatic to wanna-be moderator in one short year. That must be some kind of record.  :dizzy:



Heh, I've seen people try to moderate their first day. I don't feel I was trying to moderate, just an attempt to keep a decent thread on track.

 ;D
Title: Re: info for donations
Post by: SirPeale on September 08, 2007, 07:47:36 pm
just a thought, is it wise to be running roms on a school project?

better make sure you stick to the legal ones from mamedev.org imo


No one's mentioning ROMs.  This is a hardware site, remember?  :D
Title: Re: info for donations
Post by: emerica on September 08, 2007, 10:49:44 pm
just a thought, is it wise to be running roms on a school project?

better make sure you stick to the legal ones from mamedev.org imo


No romzors will be included in this project. I do understand the legality issues involved with including such items but fortunately for them I have an x-arcade cd, from an old retroblast contest, that they can use.