On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 at 10:11:59, wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>David Tubbs wrote:
>> Dont know what it is like round your way, but over here in Cambs the
>> local recycling dumps hold quite a bit of old IT kit.
>One of my colleagues here used to work in a furniture recycling centre
>and he's told me that a lot of what goes into recycling depots in
>general is actually useable - people send them there knowing that they
>are fit to use, but they do not fit the need they have for the bits at
>the time and are deperate for the space or whatever.
>
>Sounds like it might be a case for making contacts at the local
>recycling centres. Do the QL scene a favour by rescuing old printers,
>do the environment a favour by putting them back into use rather than
>into a landfill.
Definitely. I still have, from the Bracknell depot, a working Amstrad
1640 with hard disk . It was complete with manuals, keyboard and mouse,
and labelled 'not working'.
This was partly true. It had a failed soft fuse - chip based.
The -only- way to reset this was to power up with the power switch
'on'. The fuse then reset. Clearly the owners had not done this, and
the system has worked fine ever since!
Mind you the weather had been dry for a few days!
Skips are a good bet too. I found a working Linux server in a
Berkhamsted skip. This was from Boots, and still had all the
(confidential) files on it!
Tony
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