If anyone does wish to float me just a few dollars, feel free to PM me, as anything will help this succeed. To be clear, any money changing hands is intended for hardware with which to edit, not for the edit as such or anything else.
I’m not gonna grab it and head to Hawaii, just getting a ~$200-250 7-9 year old Mac to get back up and running.
JEDIT: Oh my goodness, thank you to the five of you who PM’d me already about this.