I might as well give it away to charity then

Post #12,695 by orion 10/10/01 3:34:09 PM Reply	I might as well give it away to charity then Considering that I paid $200 for the drive way back when (Circa 1993) and the tapes cost me a lot to buy as well. :( Should I include it on the next Group that wants used equipment? Or should I collect a big bag of old/junk parts and try to sell those on EBay as a group? I got an old: 286 motherboard (10Mhz Whoo-hoo!) AMD 33Mhz 386DX Chip 2 486SX 25Mhz chips Broken CD-ROM drive (not sure how to make it work, may need repairs?) Assorted ISA and Local Bus cards, unsure if they work or not. 5.25" 1.2M Floppy Drive etc. I still say that IWETHEY should hold a computer garage sale or something, I think we all have old parts that we could stand to get rid of? *Picking up the pieces of my broken life.*
Post #12,696 by Silverlock 10/10/01 3:36:48 PM Reply	Is it really charity ..... When the thing you are giving is essentially worthless? For every human problem, there is a neat, simple solution; and it is always wrong H. L. Mencken, Mencken's Metalaw
Post #12,702 by orion 10/10/01 3:47:21 PM Reply	Better than pitching it into the dump should I toss it into a land-fill or find some group that might make a use out of it? I am sure that someone with an older computer system Circa 1993-1996 could make use of it. Someone who cannot even afford a Pentium or higher system and cannot afford the latest 250M Software titles. Bah, maybe I should just take out a sledgehammer and pound it into bits to releave some of my stress? *Picking up the pieces of my broken life.*
Post #12,715 by Silverlock 10/10/01 4:34:05 PM Reply	If it makes you feel better By all means, pound the living sh*t out of it. A little venting sounds like it would do you good. For every human problem, there is a neat, simple solution; and it is always wrong H. L. Mencken, Mencken's Metalaw
Post #12,777 by kmself 10/10/01 8:55:22 PM Reply	The years are not kind to party girls... ...or old computer hardware. If you know a computer museum that might have an interest, or someone who needs to do data conversion, part it out. It's worthless for practical use. Media are likely not avialable or prohibitively expensive. My choice: toss it. If you're feeling responsible, find a place that accepts computer hardware for proper disposal -- toxics, etc., are an issue. `-- Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com] What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?`
Post #12,780 by orion 10/10/01 9:10:28 PM Reply	I don't know of any place like that at least near me. Nobody seems to want to take in used computer parts. Might as well sell it on Ebay to someone that doesn't know any better and thinks that $15 or more is a bargan for a Tape Drive? :) *Picking up the pieces of my broken life.*
Post #12,828 by Andrew Grygus 10/11/01 12:03:53 AM Reply	Oh, the media's still available. It's a loooooong time before Imation discontinues a tape. Problem is, these Colorado things barely worked to start with. I've got a heap of dead and useless ones. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #12,842 by orion 10/11/01 1:33:27 AM Reply	I must be very very lucky then It has been sitting on a shelf for almost 6 years and still works ok. I can read tapes that I made in 1994 and 1995. Just that two sets of Windows 95 backups seem to be a "Bad Format" or something. I recall in 1994 that I had to download an updated version of the tape software to avoid CRC (Not you Christian) errors on restores. *Picking up the pieces of my broken life.*

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