In a message dated 10/13/00 2:25:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, foo_at_siconic.com
writes:
> On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, John Foust wrote:
>
> > Personally, I'm in a throw-away mood as opposed to a
> > collection mood. I tossed 3" x 3" x 25" of old clone
> > 8088 through 486 PCs and cases away last Tuesday.
> >
> > I coalesced a box of Pentium 50-166 Mhz era motherboards,
> > some brand-new, and for heaven's sake, they would barely
> > fetch a few bucks on eBay. My other mantra was a friend's
> > rule that if you can't sell it on eBay, throw it out.
>
> ACK!
>
> As much as I hate having seemingly useless crap like this, I still refuse
> to throw it out. It's useful to SOMEONE.
>
> What I'm recommending to people who have older PCs these days is to donate
> them to your local community college electronics or engineering
> departments. I'm sure the students can use them for either spare parts or
> as controllers for whatever projects they're working on.
>
> Pentiums are still useful to schools and other organizations that take PCs
> and refurbish them to donate to schools. Try to find places like this
> where you live.
>
> If you still don't want to do even these simple things, in the very least
> donate your crap to Goodwill. Maybe someone will come across it and find
> it useful. In the very least you can take a tax writeoff.
>
> Sellam
everyone might want to check out this site:
www.freeboxen.com
I just claimed a 286 card for one of my old macs and looks to be a good place
to get rid of some of my extra PS/2 stuff.
DB Young ICQ: 29427634
hurry, hurry, step right up! see the computers you used as a kid!
http://www.nothingtodo.org
Received on Fri Oct 13 2000 - 07:08:05 BST