Free computer equipment for CCV students

Project Overview

The Frankenstein Project is our modest attempt at providing computer technology to CCV students who do not have access to even a basic computer. These systems are available only to CCV students currently enrolled in 3 or more credits . For details about the eligibility requirements please login to CCV's Blackboard Portal, navigate to the Student Organization and click on the Opportunities button. There you will see a Frankenstein Project folder which will have a thorough Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).

Making Donations

If you would like to donate a system remember that it must be a working PC or Macintosh system. Use the following basic guidelines to determine if it is something our students can use:

• Does it turn on and off properly?
• Is the processor a 450-500 Mhz or faster? If it's a Mac is the processor a G3 or faster?
• Does the hard drive have a 10GB or greater capacity?
• Does the optical drive (CD-ROM, CD-R/W, DVD) read discs and eject/retract the tray properly?
• If there is a floppy drive, does it read floppies and eject/accept disks properly?
• Is the computer reasonably clean with no stains or general grossness?

If you said yes to all these questions it's pretty likely that you have a system that our students could use. It would really help us out a lot if you would download a small program (it fits on a floppy disk) called the Belarc Advisor. Click here to go to the Belarc Homepage. It will take a detailed inventory of your computer and display that information in your web browser. A print out of this report would be the best source of information for us to determine if a donation candidate can be accepted into the project. If you have questions about donations please contact Karen Case at the St Johnsbury CCV site by clicking here to send an e-mail or by calling 748-6673.

Available Systems

If you are interested in obtaining a system please contact Karen Case at the St Johnsbury site, 748-6673 or send an email to karen.case@ccv.edu.