Not-for-profit IT charity group Reverse Garbage's operations manager Tony Domanski said the organization is happy to accept any type of computer system, whatever the condition, because it has a sufficient amount of spare parts to return equipment to a functioning state.

"We work with families that don't receive any charity and offer them low-cost computers," Domanski said, adding most systems sell for less than A$50 (US$38).

Reverse Garbage is a not-for-profit organization that works with charities to resell equipment, so whatever money is made from computer sales is split between the two parties.

"I like to see a kid walk away from here with a bundle," Domanski said. "We're also using open source products like Ubuntu Linux and Sun's Solaris that don't infringe any copyright issues."