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excerpt: "Status report on the Bay Area groups' ongoing project to donate computers to Nevada prison inmates. Walt Shulman obtained four ZX81s at flea markets; Rex Lundgren repaired them for donation; James Griffis (GUTS Sacramento) modified one ZX81 with a conventional keyboard in a wooden case; Virginia Cunningham donated a new TS1000 with tapes. All equipment…"
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# Prison Project Report

Status report on the Bay Area groups’ ongoing project to donate computers to Nevada prison inmates. Walt Shulman obtained four ZX81s at flea markets; Rex Lundgren repaired them for donation; James Griffis (GUTS Sacramento) modified one ZX81 with a conventional keyboard in a wooden case; Virginia Cunningham donated a new TS1000 with tapes. All equipment included 16K modules, switch boxes, etc. Requests donation of a TS2068 before year-end for tax deduction purposes.