Re: What do you do with your old computers?

"Robert" <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:48:54 -0600, "HeyBub" <heybub@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>Pete Dashwood wrote:
>>
>>[...]
>>>
>>> As noted above, if you decide to leverage some of your "old"
>>> equipment and hit problems, I'm really happy to help. This has been a
>>> really fun project... :-)
>>>
>>
>>Cool. If you want a hobby. With lickty-split computers, pre-laden with
>>Vista, available for under $300, it's not economical to put a 386
machine 
>>on
>>life-sup****t.
>>
>>You could donate grandpa computer to a school, but the computer doesn't 
>>have
>>any software and the school will forever be calling you up for help. 
>>Besides
>>which, the paperwork for a tax deduction is overwhelming. Many
>>municipalities forbid putting them in the trash and recycling centers
>>sometimes demand you pay a fee to take them.
>>
>>No, the only thing you can do with ancient computers is to leave them in
a
>>school yard during the dark of the moon. I've done this several times,
and
>>even once with a refrigerator. Works swell.
>
> You offer it on freecycle.org. Someone will come to your door, at your 
> convenience, and
> haul it away. I've cleared out a whole apartment in one day. It's
amazing 
> what they'll
> take.

Not seen that, Robert. It sounds like a very good idea.

Pete.
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