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I miss old PCs being on the curb. They don't exist anymore on the side of the road where I live. There was a time when it was common to see TRS80s with 8 inch
by paulkrush 4y ago
I miss old PCs being on the curb. They don't exist anymore on the side of the road where I live. There was a time when it was common to see TRS80s with 8 inch drives next to the cans. Maybe it was less common than my memories, but I just remember seeing gold for anyone to take.
- kzrdude 4y agoDid you take them? Did you get any gold?
- convolvatron 4y agoI used to hang out with a scrapper, and one time he cleaned out an old marine supply warehouse. lots of 60s-70s era mil spec parts. we went through the whole lot and separated out the gold. ended up with about 10 lbs of plated pins. paid out less than an oz I think. if I hadn't scored a bunch of brass enclosures and old panel glasswork and indicators it totally wouldn't have been worth it.
- paulkrush 4y agoI see randomly getting old machines to work as gold because it's one of the rags to riches back doors to the tech world.