Who has the best dumpster?

From: Mark Price <markp_at_wccls.lib.or.us>
Date: Wed Feb 9 15:17:35 2000

Our apartment complex's dumpster is a good source for home electronica (a
13" B&W TV, a cassette deck, a receiver reeking of cigarettes when warmed
up, 2 boom boxes, all in working order...), but I've come across only one PC
(clone 386). Who has good dumpsters for finding computers? Retailers?
Universities?

OT, sorta: Our local Goodwill stores here in Portland have the maddening
habit of putting all the monitors on these shelves, all the boxes on those
shelves, and all the keyboards in that big bin over there... Found the
keyboard for a Mac 512k or Plus but could never find the monitor&breadloaf.
Then, in the checkout line, I saw it in a cart! Didn't get the machine, but
the guy was happy I found the keyboard for him. Later, I thought Idiot! I
shoulda checked their dumpster for other odds'n'ends. I've volunteered
before to help assemble complete systems, but they don't have the shelf
space for it.

Good list, Jay.

long-time listener, first-time caller,
Mark


> -----Original Message-----
> From: CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com [SMTP:CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 6:51 AM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: How far can you reach in a dumpster?
>
> > You must be a lot taller than I am. I jump up on the side and lean
> right
> >in.
>
> My favorite technique is to back my car up to the dumpster, pop the trunk
> open, climb on my bumper then into the dumpster, and start sorting and
> tossing the good stuff into the trunk.
>
> A good number of the PDP-11 freeware tapes in the archives were rescued
> that way :-).
>
> Tim.
Received on Wed Feb 09 2000 - 15:17:35 GMT