The Earn-A-Computer program awards a computer to students who complete a series of computer-related classes.
Note This page is a work in progress. Please see the Bworks website for an official introduction:
There are two Earn-A-Computer programs – Adults and Children's. Please see adult classes for more information about the adult Earn-A-Computer program.
To earn a computer the child must attend a series of six classes of about two hours each. The classes cover the following topics:
Children can sign up for the classes by having a parent call ByteWorks at 314-664-9537 or by filling out a sign-up form. (
can we post a PDF here and on the website?)
Hey guys
I just wanted to thank you for all that you've done these past SEVEN weeks, (besides making me wake up early on a SATURDAY!!!). I already knew a lot about computers from my mom sending me to other computer classes in the past. Though I knew quite a byte in the first place before coming here I did learn some and had a lot of fun. Dave and Nathan are the best! Hope you had a great summer, and next time don't let my brothers sit next to one another.
Its fun here at ByteWORKS.
I want to thank you for the computers and everything here at ByteWorks. My favorite class here at ByteWorks was everything because I learned a lot from each thing that was taught to us, so thank you for everything.
The Children’s class graduate machine is typically a Pentium III with 128-256M of RAM and a 4GB or larger HD, sound (onboard or card), Ethernet (onboard or card), CD-ROM, floppy drive. The operating system used is Debian/GNU Linux, version 4.0, named “Etch”.
The instructions for building and finalizing a graduate machine have been revised:
Older instructions are here:
The Children’s class graduate machine was typically a Pentium III with 128-256M of RAM and a 4GB or larger HD, modem, sound card, CD-ROM.
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