Freecycle for (interesting) old computers?

Andy Armstrong andy at hexten.net
Wed Jan 24 12:33:15 GMT 2007


On 24 Jan 2007, at 11:57, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> I don't think anyone here's really a proper geek at all :)
>
> Perhaps everyone just wants to keep their interesting hardware in  
> case,
> er, in case, well, just in case.

Well you just never know when you might need it do you?

> I used to have a rather nice DECStation 5000/200.  Nice, that is,  
> except
> that it ran Ultrix.  But it also ran NetBSD, so that was OK.
>
> I also had a not quite so nice VAXStation 3100, but unfortunately both
> fell victim to "the great move" along with a houseful of dodgy
> furniture, all my college notes, and spare parts from a number of  
> Maxis
> and Marinas.

Ahhhh, the halcyon days of the British motor industry.

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net



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