[kwlug-disc] Old / Vintage components

[Stuart Seeley]

... storage arrays.  I resort to eBay as well... $500+ for an IBM 5150 is not exactly fair... but sometimes deals show up. I try to limit to items in Canada. After an IBM PCjr and an atari 1050 drive myself... lol. Good luck!

Stuart

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> On Jul 22, 2019, at 11:55 AM, Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com> 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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