[kwlug-disc] Old / Vintage components

[CrankyOldBugger]

Not to speak out of turn here, but have you talked to our laptop recycling
experts Paul and Charles?



On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 at 11:29, Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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