[Tfug] Re: Computer recycling

[Dadio]

There is a place in town called Desert Waste Not, they accept computers
but charge to accept monitors.
Frank

On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 13:36, Steve Bowers wrote:
> Scott,
> 
> To the best of my knowledge there are no disposal facilities in Tucson for 
> this. If no one wants it you could try two places that might take it as a 
> donation. The first is World Care on Wilmot in the old Silo bldg. The other 
> is Tucson Freecycle. They can be found through Yahoo groups. 
> 
> Steve 
> 
> Scott Denlinger writes: 
> 
> > Hi all, 
> > 
> > I have an old IBM PC with an 8086, that's right, an 8086 chip in it,
> > which I suspect is worth nothing to anyone. I'm tired of it taking up
> > space in my closet, and the files I thought I might try to copy off of
> > it are files I just really don't need after they've been on the (10 MB!)
> > hard drive for 12+ years. 
> > 
> > Does anyone know of a place I can take this which does environmentally
> > friendly disposal of old computer equipment? I guess it should go in
> > Tucson's household hazardous waste collection facility, but is there a
> > better place to take it? 
> > 
> > Of course, if anyone for some reason wants it, it's free for the asking.
> > It's an IBM PC-AT, but not one of the 286-based ATs. It is (was) the IBM
> > successor to the XT. I'm using and keeping the original, non-Centronics IBM Model M
> > keyboard which came with it, of course. If anyone wants it, contact me
> > off-list and I'll tell you how to get to my house to pick it up. There
> > may still be an old 2400 baud modem card in there, too! 
> > 
> > Scott Denlinger 
> > 
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