[kwlug-disc] Old / Vintage components

[Ron Singh]

Thanks for the offer Jason! I will likely take you up on that offer as this
board is aching to be put into use running Debian.

Thanks,

Ron Singh



On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 4:35 PM Jason Eckert <jason.eckert at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ron – if you need any software for your DEC Alpha mobo (it’s probably a
> Miata mobo – e.g. a Digital Personal Workstation mobo), I have everything
> from WinNT, Win2000 to VMS and “good” Linux distros that were originally
> made for it.  I actually owned 4 Miata systems and 4 Digital Ultimate
> Workstations (a.k.a. AlphaServer 1200s) from Compaq back in the early
> Sharcnet days, and I kept all the software (and one Miata system for
> posterity).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jason.
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> *From: *Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Monday, July 22, 2019 11:02 AM
> *To: *KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [kwlug-disc] Old / Vintage components
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> 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.
>
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> 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.
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> I think it worth a try.
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> 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:-)
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> Thanks,
>
> Ron Singh
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> On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 9:20 PM Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Greetings,
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> If anyone knows, please let me know!
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> Thanks.
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