> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of devin > davison via cctalk > Sent: 30 October 2017 03:40 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Picked up job at electronic recycling center > > I recently picked up a job at an electronic recycling center. Harris is right > around the corner from us, as well as a bunch of technical schools and > aerospace related businesses. All of thier old stuff ends up at the shop to be > resold as surplus or broken down and scrapped. > > There tends to be to much to process, and inside space is limited. > Excess equipment is stored outside in tents, and it goes to crap quite quickly > unfortunately. The humidity and rain destroys stuff outside quickly. I am > uncertain of how many requests I will get, but if anyone is looking for > something in particular, please send me an email and I will keep an eye out > for > you. The place is a goldmine, and a lot of nice older gear is going to waste > because the store owners do not know what it is. > > Examples of stuff that comes in are old microcomputers like the c64, nice 486 > like machines with good isa cards in them, TONS of HP and tectronics test > equipment, ham radio gear, you name it. > There is a ton of good stuff here, i am trying to find some a good home before > it gets stripped out. > Some of this stuff works fine, the tandy 1000 computer I picked up this > weekend > works flawlessly for example. Other things are in a broken or parts state, but > within reach of repair. There is a lot of new gear there as well, not many > machines come in with nice graphics cards in them, but tons of workstations > with lots of ram and hard drives are common. We get so many servers they are > broken down almost immediately unless they are particularly new or unique in > some way. > > Lets see how busy my inbox gets, if you are in need of something, please send > me an email, i can keep an eye out for it and hopefully be of service.I work > on > Saturdays, that is the day i will be on site to look for things. > > Stuff will be priced as surplus/used. Hopefully i can be of use and keep > some of > this stuff out of the scrap pile. >
That is a great offer Devin, you don't say where you live, but I guess the USA. Personally, being a bit of a hoarder I wonder if I could do a job like that, seeing nice stuff being scrapped. It is a bit like my son, he loves animals and is great with them, but when I suggest he volunteers at an animal rescue he says he wouldn't be able to cope with the ones that are suffering. Regards Rob