Destructive charities (was: STAPLES STORES...)

From: Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Fri Feb 15 21:21:06 2002

On 15 Feb 2002, R. D. Davis wrote:

> > But the sort of machines that the charities won't be able to
> > handle are _precisely_ the machines we are interested in. You know,
> > minicomputers, workstations, unix boxes, and so on.
>
> These need to be saved, but will most likely be scrapped first,
> thought to be the absolutely least useful by those who only recognize
> PeeCees to be computers.

  As a matter of fact, I have an HP B132L [1] sitting in my garage that
I rescued from a local second-hand/surplus shop's trash can. Somebody
brought it in for trade, and they raided the drives (RAM was already
gone) and threw it away. I asked the counter-d00d "what's up with the
HP?" and he says "If you want it, it's yours. But it won't run
Windows." When I said "That's good!", he looked shocked.

[1] Sooner or later I'll break down and borrow some memory to test it.
I've run across so many intact machines lately that the "kits" are low
on the list.

        Doc
Received on Fri Feb 15 2002 - 21:21:06 GMT