[kwlug-disc] Old / Vintage components

[Ron Singh]

Man, questions like these make me want to cry  -- just last year in May, my
local IT joint had a massive purge of older parts, ranging from 486 to PIII
and the associated ISA-bussed stuff, all e-wasted. Remarkable how many
brand-new ATI VLB video cards were tossed, a project that went bad.

I think you would have the best of luck with a visit to a smaller e-waster,
where you tell them that you will tear apart some older PCs and take what
you want and they get some free labour. I would imagine most e-waster will
frown on an outside at their premises from a liability standpoint, but
mebbe not.

I think it worth a try.

I am personally looking for an ASUS ISA-486 mobo as it was best-of-breed
back in the day as I have a real nice Intel 486dx4-100 CPU in hand along
with the RAM/PSU/Video. Shockingly, we found a new DEC Alpha mobo that will
run Win NT and likely some Debian cut. That mobo was kept:-)


Thanks,

Ron Singh



On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 9:20 PM Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I'm looking to revive an old 386 I once had.  I've found an identical
> model on ebay and it's on it's way, but it got me wondering if there was
> anything in the K/W (or even Toronto) area where older computer parts may
> still be available?
>
> I've done a number of google searches, but most of the companies out there
> sell more recent systems (2010+).  I'm hoping for late 80's early 90's.
>
> If anyone knows, please let me know!
>
>
> Thanks.
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