Promoting Classic Computers [was Re: Chip with holes in it]

From: John Allain <allain_at_panix.com>
Date: Sat Nov 16 11:16:01 2002

The vast majority of people on earth have no regard for computers greater
than 10 years old. Rather than criticize them, it's probably best to remain
silent and simply try to benefit from the waste stream as best as one can.
A good way of operating is to save what you can, and offer what you can't
save by networking with others (like making rescue announcements here).
If this amounts to taking chips from trash bound machines, then fine, but do
the networking first, since you're already here.
I will pull the machine from the trash, announce it, wait a week and then
return it to waste, provided it's not a keeper where I'll test it and then
clean it all up.

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Anybody know when we passed the point where 300M computers were
produced in the US, one per man-woman-child? My guess: 1997.

John A.
Received on Sat Nov 16 2002 - 11:16:01 GMT