Throwing away computer parts

[Justin Gombos]

I have some ancient computers/parts that work, but I have no use for
them since I'm running newer machines, so I'm throwing them away. If
anyone wants anything, let me know. None of it is worth charging for.

The list so far:

intel 486 with sound, video, modem, floppy
- I may have a hard drive for it too, probably <1GB

Sun Sparcstation IPC
Sun external CDROM
ATX full tower case (I may have a power supply for it too)
2 AT power supplies
intel P2 slot A processor
analog keyboard/video switch
analog parallel printer switch
~9 external 9600 baud fax modems
~3 ISA network cards
~3 ISA sound cards

lots of power cables, ide cables (40 conductor), and keyboards.

I'll be dropping off the bigger items at the Lancaster hazardous waste
facility in a week or so. I may just allow the smaller things to take
up space until someone claims them.

I'll take a broken Apple LaserWriter Pro 600 to the dump in the next
hour - I assume no one would want that since it's the logic board that
went bad.

[CARTER FOY]

Jason... where is the Lancaster facility??... We have a pile of old computer
junk....old (dead) battery back-up as well... thanx... patrick

[Justin Gombos]

* CARTER FOY <quantum...@verizon.net> [2006-10-24 20:46]:

>
> Jason... where is the Lancaster facility??... We have a pile of old
> computer junk....old (dead) battery back-up as
> well... thanx... patrick

It's in Lancaster, PA! Googling for hazardous waste in Lancaster
brought up a facility that's open daily, but didn't notice the
facility was in the wrong state until I was getting ready to make the
drive. I'm glad I didn't simply beam the address to my PDAs GPS and
let it take me there.

I found out Lancaster Ohio doesn't have one. They do an annual
collection in August, and ship it out. So I'm stuck with this stuff
another 10 months.

[Justin Gombos]

* CARTER FOY <quantum...@verizon.net> [2006-10-24 20:46]:
>

> Jason... where is the Lancaster facility??... We have a pile of old
> computer junk....old (dead) battery back-up as
> well... thanx... patrick

I found out the place to go is Sierra Metals (www.sierrametals.com).
Some things they charge for, and some things they pay you for,
probably depending on the value of the metals they're scraping.

They said they would charge me 10 cents/pound to scrap my laser
printer, and the same price to scrap a VHS recorder, so that should
give you an idea.

[Justin Gombos]

* CARTER FOY <quantum...@verizon.net> [2006-10-24 21:46]:

>
> We have a pile of old computer junk....old (dead) battery back-up as
> well... thanx... patrick

I just learned of a better way to dump this stuff. Check out
www.freecycle.org. It will lead you to a Yahoo Groups mailing list
for Hocking County with over 500 members, where folks post stuff they
want to get rid of. If someone wants it, they will pick it up.