Re: What do you do with your old computers?

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. 
>

Where I live we have a hazardous waste recycling center that is open
from spring until late fall.  I've "donated" an old DOS laptop and a
couple of desktop computers to it over the years.  I keep my computers
until they just become totally inept at doing anything or no worth
upgrading, i.e., the motherboard can't take a faster, more powerful
chip.

However I still own and have stored in my closet waiting for the day
when I can build my own computer room, a C64 and a C64-C Commodore
computers.

A note to Pete.  About your printing issue.  I recall seeing a Lexmark
(I believe it was) printer that had a wireless interface built into it
so that it could be shared by all your computers without the need for
cabling.  You may want to look into that option if they are available
in New Zealand.

Regards,
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