From luke at mewburn.net Sun Apr 7 04:08:30 2024 From: luke at mewburn.net (Luke Mewburn) Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 14:08:30 +1000 Subject: [clug] Homes for old hardware? Message-ID: Hi all, I'm cleaning up a bunch of old hardware I have. Before I take it to eWaste at the tip in Mitchell, I thought I'd ask here if people were either interested, or knew of places that might be interested it some/all of it? There's a mix of 10-25yo x86 servers and associated parts including: NICs, serial cards, SCSI cards, DVD burners, FDDs, SCSI tape drives (DDS4 & other?), tapes for the tape drives, RAM, network cables, etc. There's even some SCSI cards from old Sparc servers. I could make and supply a more accurate catalog if there was some interest (no point cataloging if it's going to the tip).. I'm not sure there's much interest in this any more, even the older retrocomputing stuff. Let me know either here or off list. (I'm in the inner North in Canberra, but everything is 20 minutes away, and I sometimes drive to Sydney or Melbourne) Luke. From clug at voltagex.org Sun Apr 7 04:41:07 2024 From: clug at voltagex.org (Adam Baxter) Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2024 14:41:07 +1000 Subject: [clug] Homes for old hardware? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sun, 7 Apr 2024, at 14:08, Luke Mewburn via linux wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm cleaning up a bunch of old hardware I have. > > Before I take it to eWaste at the tip in Mitchell, I thought I'd ask > here if people were either interested, or knew of places that might be > interested it some/all of it? The green shed shouldn't put it all in landfill - I think they do try to sell some stuff on. > There's a mix of 10-25yo x86 servers and associated parts including: > NICs, serial cards, SCSI cards, DVD burners, FDDs, SCSI tape drives > (DDS4 & other?), tapes for the tape drives, RAM, network cables, etc. > There's even some SCSI cards from old Sparc servers. > Will take a couple of (PCI? PCIe?) NICs, RAM, and at least 2 DVD burners. > I could make and supply a more accurate catalog if there was some interest > (no point cataloging if it's going to the tip).. > I have some interest but don't spend too much time on my behalf - I shouldn't be accumulating too much. > I'm not sure there's much interest in this any more, even > the older retrocomputing stuff. > The Sizzle forums and OCAU are also worth asking on. > Let me know either here or off list. > > (I'm in the inner North in Canberra, but everything is 20 minutes away, > and I sometimes drive to Sydney or Melbourne) --Adam From alastair at d-silva.org Sun Apr 7 08:00:45 2024 From: alastair at d-silva.org (Alastair D'Silva) Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2024 18:00:45 +1000 Subject: [clug] Homes for old hardware? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <017c73bd91d4309a548cb20354a16efdc612b9bc.camel@d-silva.org> The Vintage Computer Exhibition is coming up, it might be worth reaching out to that community to offload your gear. https://allevents.in/canberra/canberra-vintage-computer-exhibition-2024/200026333949200 -- Alastair D'Silva mob: 0423 762 819 On Sun, 2024-04-07 at 14:08 +1000, Luke Mewburn via linux wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm cleaning up a bunch of old hardware I have. > > Before I take it to eWaste at the tip in Mitchell, I thought I'd ask > here if people were either interested, or knew of places that might > be > interested it some/all of it? > > There's a mix of 10-25yo x86 servers and associated parts including: > NICs, serial cards, SCSI cards, DVD burners, FDDs, SCSI tape drives > (DDS4 & other?), tapes for the tape drives, RAM, network cables, etc. > There's even some SCSI cards from old Sparc servers. > > I could make and supply a more accurate catalog if there was some > interest > (no point cataloging if it's going to the tip).. > > I'm not sure there's much interest in this any more, even > the older retrocomputing stuff. > > Let me know either here or off list. > > (I'm in the inner North in Canberra, but everything is 20 minutes > away, > and I sometimes drive to Sydney or Melbourne) > > > > Luke. > From luke at mewburn.net Sun Apr 7 22:23:53 2024 From: luke at mewburn.net (Luke Mewburn) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 08:23:53 +1000 Subject: [clug] Homes for old hardware? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 24-04-07 14:08, Luke Mewburn via linux wrote: | I'm cleaning up a bunch of old hardware I have. | | Before I take it to eWaste at the tip in Mitchell, I thought I'd ask | here if people were either interested, or knew of places that might be | interested it some/all of it? | | There's a mix of 10-25yo x86 servers and associated parts including: | NICs, serial cards, SCSI cards, DVD burners, FDDs, SCSI tape drives | (DDS4 & other?), tapes for the tape drives, RAM, network cables, etc. | There's even some SCSI cards from old Sparc servers. | | I could make and supply a more accurate catalog if there was some interest | (no point cataloging if it's going to the tip).. | | I'm not sure there's much interest in this any more, even | the older retrocomputing stuff. I'm pleasantly surprised by the response so far! I will make a catalog over the next few days and post a followup here, with the stuff that's not already spoken for. Luke. From luke at mewburn.net Sun Apr 7 22:33:28 2024 From: luke at mewburn.net (Luke Mewburn) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 08:33:28 +1000 Subject: [clug] Homes for old hardware? In-Reply-To: <076A8B50-459D-40F1-B4C6-E87885EED248@me.com> References: <076A8B50-459D-40F1-B4C6-E87885EED248@me.com> Message-ID: On 24-04-07 15:14, Randall Crook wrote: | Definitely interested in some of those items, FDDS, Tape units and | tapes, dvd burners NICs and scsi cards. | | If you can get a list together I?m sure I can find others in the | retro computer community who would love some pls lot. I'll catalog it up and get a list out in the next week or two (barring other commitments). Luke. From luke at mewburn.net Sun Apr 7 22:21:01 2024 From: luke at mewburn.net (Luke Mewburn) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 08:21:01 +1000 Subject: [clug] Homes for old hardware? In-Reply-To: <017c73bd91d4309a548cb20354a16efdc612b9bc.camel@d-silva.org> References: <017c73bd91d4309a548cb20354a16efdc612b9bc.camel@d-silva.org> Message-ID: On 24-04-07 18:00, Alastair D'Silva via linux wrote: | The Vintage Computer Exhibition is coming up, it might be worth | reaching out to that community to offload your gear. | | https://allevents.in/canberra/canberra-vintage-computer-exhibition-2024/200026333949200 Thanks for the hint. I'll keep that in mind. I also have a couple of tubs of 80s 8-bit computing (ZX Spectrum) which I've been holding on to for nostalgia reasons but haven't looked at in 25 years :| The vintage community may be interested. cheers, Luke. From luke at mewburn.net Sun Apr 7 22:29:59 2024 From: luke at mewburn.net (Luke Mewburn) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 08:29:59 +1000 Subject: [clug] Homes for old hardware? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 24-04-07 14:41, Adam Baxter wrote: | | | On Sun, 7 Apr 2024, at 14:08, Luke Mewburn via linux wrote: | > Hi all, | > | > I'm cleaning up a bunch of old hardware I have. | > | > Before I take it to eWaste at the tip in Mitchell, I thought I'd ask | > here if people were either interested, or knew of places that might be | > interested it some/all of it? | | The green shed shouldn't put it all in landfill - I think they do try to sell some stuff on. RIP Green Shed. (I'm not a fan of the other non-secular opshops with IMHO terrible histories towards various marginalised communities.) I've previously taking our excess stuff to the Green Shed for repurposing. I'd rather that than deal with timewasters on the various online sale places and/or elements of the freecycle community. ("What, you want $100 for this $1000 item? How about $80 [where I'll turn around and sell on Fleabay/Scumtree for $200?]"...) Although inner north nature strips are a quick way to upcycle excess furniture. The longest time something was there was 2 nights. I think my computing stuff is probably too old and/or esoteric for the Green Shed, hence why I asked here (and got a great response). | > There's a mix of 10-25yo x86 servers and associated parts including: | > NICs, serial cards, SCSI cards, DVD burners, FDDs, SCSI tape drives | > (DDS4 & other?), tapes for the tape drives, RAM, network cables, etc. | > There's even some SCSI cards from old Sparc servers. | > | | Will take a couple of (PCI? PCIe?) NICs, RAM, and at least 2 DVD burners. Sure. | > I'm not sure there's much interest in this any more, even | > the older retrocomputing stuff. | > | | The Sizzle forums and OCAU are also worth asking on. I'll keep that in mind. Luke.