"J.S. Garrison" wrote: > > on 1/27/04 12:59 AM, Will S at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> From: Nancy Haitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 01:58:30 -050 > >> > >> > >> Jeff G. spoke of the "emphasis on cutting the number of them [old > >> computers] > >> that end up in landfills." > >> > >> Bill Spencer wrote: > >> I understand that's not a great idea, but what in fact are we to > >> do with > >> them? I have one (and soon two) that will need to go somewhere. > > Those of us who have machines still useful, there are plenty of places, > dependent on your proximity to large cities, to send or take them that > accept donated computers. Be advised tho' that they've become finicky about > the age and speed of said machines. > > For the end-of-life machines, I found abundant resources on recycling. For > the consumer, free and for-fee recycing of whole computers, except monitors. > > For mass users, world-wide recyclers paying by the pound for carefully > sorted parts by the pallet. > > I learned something here this week. I'm going to start the process of > putting all the really old stuff into recycling. > > Bill Spencer? There's your answer, too. > > Jeff > my 2 cents My friend who makes a living selling Mac stuff On Ebay has had to cut back to G3 and newer because the older 680x0 and 60x machines don't bring any profit. He even has trouble moving Gx upgraded 60x units. Maybe with the upturn in economy that's occurring things might change. He tries not to mess with monitors and printers due to weight. Lately i have been taking the stuff he can't move to my place. I am slowly going through and parting out all the larger case units, especially 680x0. Right now i don't have to many q950 but they make a good monitor/printer shelf supports. i suppose that i could set them up as a file/printer servers. But with over 100 computers (thankfully i only have 40 +/- monitors (not counting 40 radius and supermac dead monitors outside that i am trying to dispose of)). Since everything needs to be tested before tear down and labeled it can be time consuming. I just spent 3 weekends checking HD, ram, floppy and power supplies for some IIsi's. I have to do them the hard way because i was trying to get them inside, so i pulled parts from cases. Now i'll have to test speakers, fans, motherboards. New rule !!test before tear down!! lesson learned. The difference in storage space is worth it. I will probably do those large c/q650/pm7100 style cases next. I can only afford to keep a few units running Seti since electricity cost dollars and disability does not go far. Now that I've found the low end mac swap site, i'll start putting the parts and units up to get them out of the way. the point is there are not enough of us die hard Mac fans to keep every model made in a collection, at some point they have to go somewhere for disposal. I have been looking for a company that buys (not me pay them) scrap computer parts in small quantities. Most of the ones you find want truck or triwall (gaylord) loads, or you pay to ship to them as a give away. So where are they going? The dump of course. The metal i can recycle, with no problem, it is the plastic and monitors that are a problem. Excuse the ranting, but it is another way to look at disposal. charles lenington
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