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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>From what I’ve heard, there are no plans on resurrecting Syd’s PC Museum at all (in Canada).</p><p class=MsoNormal>Syd’s passing was definitely a sad story – he was an avid member of both the vintage computer and vintage gaming/arcade scene.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:chaslinux@gmail.com">Charles M</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, July 22, 2019 4:04 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">KWLUG discussion</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [kwlug-disc] Old / Vintage components</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Syd’s passing was a shock to a lot of people. There was some talk about trying to revive it, but I’m not sure if that fell apart or is just on hold. </p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 12:13 PM Colin Mackay <<a href="mailto:zixiekat@gmail.com">zixiekat@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>The museum is closed indefinitely. The curator passed away last year and I think its future is up in the air right now.</p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was hoping they'd have one of there yard sales, ut it looks like I missed it. It was in May.</p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon., Jul. 22, 2019, 12:07 p.m. Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc, <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><br>We rarely get them in. This is the second or third request I have<br>heard of in the past month for this old stuff. If we do get stuff like<br>this in maybe we can hold it aside and post to the list. <br><br>In terms of old stuff, we do have some 5.25" floppies (blank), some<br>3.5" floppies, and maybe some ancient 30 pin RAM kicking around. We<br>also have AT keyboards for some reason.<br><br>It occurs to me that you might check in with the computer museum guys.<br>They might get extra contributions that are sufficiently common they<br>don't need them for their collection, but sufficiently old that<br>somebody thought they belonged in a museum.<br><br><a href="https://pcmuseum.ca/donations.asp" target="_blank">https://pcmuseum.ca/donations.asp</a><br><br>- Paul<br><br><br>On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 11:55:41AM -0400, Colin Mackay wrote:<br>> I have not! But I fear a lot of what they get is more modern than I am<br>> looking for. Perhaps one of them could chime in if they ever see any old<br>> 80's or 90's systems come in... and if they make them available at all.<br>> <br>> <br>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 11:32 AM CrankyOldBugger <<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>><br>> wrote:<br>> <br>> > Not to speak out of turn here, but have you talked to our laptop recycling<br>> > experts Paul and Charles?<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 at 11:29, Colin Mackay <<a href="mailto:zixiekat@gmail.com" target="_blank">zixiekat@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> Me too. I was crying while typing.<br>> >><br>> >> It always seems to be that when I have the means to move ahead on<br>> >> something like this, I've missed the boat on something. ;)<br>> >><br>> >> But I will contact some local e-waste folk!<br>> >><br>> >> Thanks.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 11:02 AM Ron Singh <<a href="mailto:ronsingh149@gmail.com" target="_blank">ronsingh149@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> >><br>> >>> Man, questions like these make me want to cry -- just last year in May,<br>> >>> my local IT joint had a massive purge of older parts, ranging from 486 to<br>> >>> PIII and the associated ISA-bussed stuff, all e-wasted. Remarkable how many<br>> >>> brand-new ATI VLB video cards were tossed, a project that went bad.<br>> >>><br>> >>> I think you would have the best of luck with a visit to a smaller<br>> >>> e-waster, where you tell them that you will tear apart some older PCs and<br>> >>> take what you want and they get some free labour. I would imagine most<br>> >>> e-waster will frown on an outside at their premises from a liability<br>> >>> standpoint, but mebbe not.<br>> >>><br>> >>> I think it worth a try.<br>> >>><br>> >>> I am personally looking for an ASUS ISA-486 mobo as it was best-of-breed<br>> >>> back in the day as I have a real nice Intel 486dx4-100 CPU in hand along<br>> >>> with the RAM/PSU/Video. Shockingly, we found a new DEC Alpha mobo that will<br>> >>> run Win NT and likely some Debian cut. That mobo was kept:-)<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>> Thanks,<br>> >>><br>> >>> Ron Singh<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>> On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 9:20 PM Colin Mackay <<a href="mailto:zixiekat@gmail.com" target="_blank">zixiekat@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> >>><br>> >>>> Greetings,<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> I'm looking to revive an old 386 I once had. I've found an identical<br>> >>>> model on ebay and it's on it's way, but it got me wondering if there was<br>> >>>> anything in the K/W (or even Toronto) area where older computer parts may<br>> >>>> still be available?<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> I've done a number of google searches, but most of the companies out<br>> >>>> there sell more recent systems (2010+). I'm hoping for late 80's early<br>> >>>> 90's.<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> If anyone knows, please let me know!<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>> Thanks.<br>> >>>> _______________________________________________<br>> >>>> kwlug-disc mailing list<br>> >>>> <a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a><br>> >>>> <a href="http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org" target="_blank">http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org</a><br>> >>>><br>> >>> _______________________________________________<br>> >>> kwlug-disc mailing list<br>> >>> <a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a><br>> >>> <a href="http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org" target="_blank">http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org</a><br>> >>><br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>> >> kwlug-disc mailing list<br>> >> <a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a><br>> >> <a href="http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org" target="_blank">http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org</a><br>> >><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > kwlug-disc mailing list<br>> > <a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a><br>> > <a href="http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org" target="_blank">http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org</a><br>> ><br><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> kwlug-disc mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a><br>> <a href="http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org" target="_blank">http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org</a><br><br><br>-- <br>Tech Events Newsletter: <a href="https://da.gd/wtcmp-news" target="_blank">https://da.gd/wtcmp-news</a><br>Blog: <a href="http://pnijjar.freeshell.org" target="_blank">http://pnijjar.freeshell.org</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>kwlug-disc mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a><br><a href="http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org" target="_blank">http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org</a></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>kwlug-disc mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a><br><a href="http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org" target="_blank">http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org</a></p></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- </p><p class=MsoNormal>Charles McColm<br>Computer Recycling: <a href="http://www.comprec.org" target="_blank">http://www.comprec.org</a><br>Fasteroids: <a href="http://www.fasteroids.ca" target="_blank">http://www.fasteroids.ca</a><br>Twitter/Identica/Google+: @chaslinux</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>