[kwlug-disc] Old / Vintage components

[Colin Mackay]

Me too.  I was crying while typing.

It always seems to be that when I have the means to move ahead on something
like this, I've missed the boat on something. ;)

But I will contact some local e-waste folk!

Thanks.



On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 11:02 AM Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Man, questions like these make me want to cry  -- just last year in May,
> my local IT joint had a massive purge of older parts, ranging from 486 to
> PIII and the associated ISA-bussed stuff, all e-wasted. Remarkable how many
> brand-new ATI VLB video cards were tossed, a project that went bad.
>
> I think you would have the best of luck with a visit to a smaller
> e-waster, where you tell them that you will tear apart some older PCs and
> take what you want and they get some free labour. I would imagine most
> e-waster will frown on an outside at their premises from a liability
> standpoint, but mebbe not.
>
> I think it worth a try.
>
> I am personally looking for an ASUS ISA-486 mobo as it was best-of-breed
> back in the day as I have a real nice Intel 486dx4-100 CPU in hand along
> with the RAM/PSU/Video. Shockingly, we found a new DEC Alpha mobo that will
> run Win NT and likely some Debian cut. That mobo was kept:-)
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron Singh
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 9:20 PM Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I'm looking to revive an old 386 I once had.  I've found an identical
>> model on ebay and it's on it's way, but it got me wondering if there was
>> anything in the K/W (or even Toronto) area where older computer parts may
>> still be available?
>>
>> I've done a number of google searches, but most of the companies out
>> there sell more recent systems (2010+).  I'm hoping for late 80's early
>> 90's.
>>
>> If anyone knows, please let me know!
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
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