[kwlug-disc] Old / Vintage components

[Jason Eckert]

Ron – if you need any software for your DEC Alpha mobo (it’s probably a Miata mobo – e.g. a Digital Personal Workstation mobo), I have everything from WinNT, Win2000 to VMS and “good” Linux distros that were originally made for it.  I actually owned 4 Miata systems and 4 Digital Ultimate Workstations (a.k.a. AlphaServer 1200s) from Compaq back in the early Sharcnet days, and I kept all the software (and one Miata system for posterity).
Cheers,
Jason.


From: Ron Singh
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2019 11:02 AM
To: KWLUG discussion
Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Old / Vintage components

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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