HOW TO APPLY FOR A LOW-COST PERSONAL COMPUTER
Tech Access will provide personal computers to any resident family or individual of Pennsylvania who can demonstrate both a need and the desire for the technology. These PCs consist of:
HARDWARE: Each machine will consist of, at a minimum, a desktop PC with a Pentium II processor, either a modem (if to be used with dial-up internet access) or a LAN card or WIFI card, if to be used for connection to Wireless Philadelphia broadband. Each PC will come with the necessary perifierals and input devices, such as monitor, keyboard, mouse.
SOFTWARE: Each machine will come loaded with an operating system (Windows 98SE or above), and basic office software (Open Office).
COST: The recipient of a Tech Access PC will agree to pay $80 for the machine to help partially offset the cost of upgrades and repairs. In addition, each recipient of a Tech Access PC will agree to spend ONE HOUR of individual or classroom instruction on the use of the machine and in the productive use of the Internet. (Applications for Waivers of the $80 donation are available to those for whom $80 would present an unsurmountable obsticle to obtaining a PC.)
If you have the desire to move yourself and/or your family into the Information Age, click here for a printable application for a Tech Access PC, or visit Tech Access in person to obtain an application.
lab cam Tech Access, PA, Inc. is a non-profit corporation. Contact info@techaccesspa.org