If you're looking to donate, Kennett Classic can use these to support what's in our "post vintage" room (goes up to 1997) Bill
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 2:11 PM Kevin Anderson via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > For a time I had quite a few Compaq Deskpro towers that had acquired (for > free) from my employer after they updated to a newer HP Compaq model. > These Compaq Deskpros were the white-boxed variety with Pentium III the > like processors that date to the later part of the 1990s and into the > 2000s. They interested me because they were able to work with the flavors > of Linux that were becoming plentiful and useful at the time (like > Mandrake, etc.) Anyway, the desktops themselves are gone, as well as the PC > keyboards and the monitors that went with them, with this paragraph just > setting the scene.... > > But at the same time I also acquired (pulled) from these same computers > and their siblings a whole bunch of wired Ethernet network cards, one or > two video cards, a whole bunch of the IDE/PATA 5.25-inch desktop CD drives, > and a whole bunch(!) of 10- and 20-GByte IDE/PATA 5.25-inch desktop hard > drives. I believe the vintage makes them all PCI cards for the network and > video cards. For some reason I must have had it in my head that I would all > need these extra cards (and more) to keep these boxes (and other desktops) > going into the future when the apocalypse came <grin> ! > > Now I have no need for any of these parts. I don't want to chuck them to a > recycler either, but it is tempting just to get the stuff out of the house > (as I need to seriously downsize prior to retirement). > > Is there a market for any of this that is worth pursing, or is this all > too generic and plentiful to worry about? Giving shipping and that, I am > not sure how much of this I'd care to deal with this through resale (eBay > or privately) versus just dropping it all at the electronics recycling shop > (which fortunately I have locally). > > Just starting to sort this out...I've been meaning to send this e-mail for > awhile now. Your collective thoughts? I know most of this is too new for > most of your interests... > > Kevin Anderson, Dubuque, Iowa >