Freecycle for (interesting) old computers?

[David Cantrell]

On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 08:07:49PM +0000, Andy Armstrong wrote:

> Is there anything like Freecycle but dedicated to old computer stuff?  
> I know computer stuff pops up on Freecycle but ...
> 
> As an example I'm after an old Alpha box that'll run OpenVMS to do  
> some testing on. Such things must exist but I can't think how I'd  
> find one. ObWhich: anyone got one?

Try classiccmp's lists:
  http://www.classiccmp.org/lists.html

They're very US-biased, but there's a fair number of UK people there.
Also try the rescue list at sunhelp:
  http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

Of course, if you could make do with a VAX instead of an Alpha then you
can have mine.

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