[kwlug-disc] Old / Vintage components

[Raymond Chen]

Last weekend I saw a PCI slot image when I was reading a book. That really
brought back a lot of memories when I was younger, friends and neighbours
asked me to help them with all kinds of PC hardware problems. Opened the
case all the time, plugged and unplugged cards... And I couldn't recollect
what's the standard before PCI... That's ISA, now I know. Thank you!


On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 11:32 AM CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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