On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 17:16, Matt W. wrote: > Basically, you will find just about anything that a university could > surplus. Yes you /could/ find a rack or a raid controller; will there be > one there? Difficult to say, but chances are there won't be. For past > surplus sales, they used to publish a list of hardware that will be up for > grabs, I haven't seen one in a while though.
They still do publish a list of things, but that list hasn't changed in 2 years. The list they put on is more of a price guide than an availability thing. The way surplus is intended to work is that when a department is done with something, they have surplus take it away. Then it is supposed to be offered (at minimal cost) to other departments on campus who can use that, or as equipment that can be rented to students. If no one needs it, then it goes to the church to be used if they need/want it. After than it's offered to the CES department. Finally it ends up at a sale. So most likely things are 4 to 5 years old at least. So don't expect to find much of value there. After the surplus sale, stuff they can't sell is given to DI. Eventually it probably gets thrown away. Therein lies some of BYU's biggest problems, though, as computers really are toxic waste. It is unfortunate that computers aren't being recycled very much for raw materials. Overseas, thousands of people are poisoned every year going through our trash that we ship them, trying to make a meager living selling copper wire from traces, etc. There are other problems with BYU surplus, which is why you rarely see anything decent at a sale any more. These problems have been made known to the administration, and they will take action to remedy them eventually (people problems), at least as long as the Deans keep reminding them. Michael > > Matt W. > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
