Toss the stuff into one of the gorges. I have some friends that I'm sure would be willing to help. :)
I remember throwing a refridgerator off the top of Cascadilla. Ah, the memories... -Brian On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 11:45:00PM -0400, Daniel Freedman wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 05, 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 08:23:03PM -0400, Daniel Freedman ([EMAIL > > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > <snip> > > > > Original CGA monitor by IBM (Model 8513: near fine condition) > > > Original Compaq Deskpro 8088 (built like a tank; > > > if I can find it, still :) ) > > > AST Research 386sx/16 (BIOS issue) > > > Assorted peripherals > > > > A museum? > > > > Seriously, this stuff's mostly of interest to someone with an insane > > interest in very arcane and old hardware. I'm not surprised you're not > > getting takers. > > > > My practical suggestion would be eBay, describing the goods fully, and > > working out suitable shipping arrangements. > > > > The 386SX/16 tugs some heartstrings -- my first Debian install was on a > > Compaq Deskpro 386SX/16 with 12 MB RAM. The computer was a piece of > > junk, but the OS shone. No, I don't need to relive my lost youth, in > > case you're wondering. > > > > Hi, > > Thanks for the suggestions. I appreciate them. I don't want to go > the eBay route, mainly because whatever meager monetary value I could > get out of it isn't worth my time. I'd rather not get any money for > them, anyway, I was just hoping to find them good homes. As another > poster pointed out, if shipping were free, they could probably find a > good home in some school or developing country or the like. > > Anyway, you mention the foundness of your first Debian install on a > Compaq; I guess that's primarily why I'm so hesitant to throw this > stuff out. It's mainly nostalgia. That, and I remember that during > my undergrad days, I'd definitely be able to find someone who would > want this stuff, as old as it may be (maybe there were just more geeks > around there :) > > Incidentally, to follow up your story, I should also happily mention > that I recently liberated (from running windows) the first PC that I > ever owned: a Compaq Deskpro 386sx/20 (and my final machine running > MS); I installed Debian Potato (CDROM then network install). I was > going to mention it on the list at sometime anyway, since it only has > 8Mb of RAM, and, although I've heard of others trying to install on > similar or less memory, the on-screen install isntructions for Potato > list 12Mb as the minimum configuration and 16Mb as the recommended. > So, I was awfully proud of my poor machine to struggle mightily and > pull off a real OS. No X, but it makes a fine ssh-mail station, and > will potentially do some light network tasks (ipchains, maybe light > personal mail relay). Well, I'm getting sort of nostalgic here, so > please forgive me... > > Anyway, as to my present situation, it seems that the concensus of > respondents is to dump the stuff (I'm in cold central New York, not > local to Silicon Valley; but thanks to the person who kindly offered > to find a school for them if I were). I feel bad but it seems that > that's it. > > Thanks again for all the responses. > > Take care, > > Daniel > >
