[kwlug-disc] Old / Vintage components

Mon Jul 22 16:48:29 EDT 2019

That would indeed be a sad moment.  To see all that collected hardware
vanish from public view.

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 4:40 PM Jason Eckert <jason.eckert at gmail.com> wrote:

> From what I’ve heard, there are no plans on resurrecting Syd’s PC Museum
> at all (in Canada).
>
> Syd’s passing was definitely a sad story – he was an avid member of both
> the vintage computer and vintage gaming/arcade scene.
>
>
>
> *From: *Charles M <chaslinux at gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Monday, July 22, 2019 4:04 PM
> *To: *KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [kwlug-disc] Old / Vintage components
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 12:13 PM Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The museum is closed indefinitely.   The curator passed away last year and
> I think its future is up in the air right now.
>
>
>
> I was hoping they'd have one of there yard sales,  ut it looks like I
> missed it.   It was in May.
>
>
>
> On Mon., Jul. 22, 2019, 12:07 p.m. Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc, <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>
>
> We rarely get them in. This is the second or third request I have
> heard of in the past month for this old stuff. If we do get stuff like
> this in maybe we can hold it aside and post to the list.
>
> In terms of old stuff, we do have some 5.25" floppies (blank), some
> 3.5" floppies, and maybe some ancient 30 pin RAM kicking around. We
> also have AT keyboards for some reason.
>
> It occurs to me that you might check in with the computer museum guys.
> They might get extra contributions that are sufficiently common they
> don't need them for their collection, but sufficiently old that
> somebody thought they belonged in a museum.
>
> https://pcmuseum.ca/donations.asp
>
> - Paul
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 11:55:41AM -0400, Colin Mackay wrote:
> > I have not!  But I fear a lot of what they get is more modern than I am
> > looking for.  Perhaps one of them could chime in if they ever see any old
> > 80's or 90's systems come in... and if they make them available at all.
> >
> >
> > 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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