Well, I suppose we know where the Nvidia gpu shortage is coming from now...

If the system has a nic (unlikely) you could use ftp to transfer the files to a remote host. If it has a dialup modem, you could pick up a null modem cable and do the same thing point to point. Another option is using your com port with a crossover and hyperterminal - https://technet.microsoft.com/...

The Raspberry Pi project seems to be a good fit for this provided you can source the monitor/keyboard somewhere cheaply or already have one. The non-networked version (model A) is $25 and is probably perfect for this, unfortunately that is not out yet (I believe). The version B which has networking and is ~$35 would probably suit you very well in its stead. Throw a linux distro on there like Debian or Arch and you have yourself a great little machine that uses almost no power that you could teach typing. The only high power device at that point would be the monitor. You could probably get a line display and figure out how to get that working with the raspberry pi to resolve that as well.

Thanks for the years of great news and a great site! Good luck on your future adventures, you will be missed!

It was only a matter of time before this happened. The person who is receiving the bitcoins should probably watch out for this : http://slashdot.org/story/11/07/25/1239210/Bitcoin-Is-Not-Anonymous

green on black is certainly the way to go with terminals. It is easy to see and seems to reduce both eye-strain and to me, has a certain calming effect.