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Hey everyone, favour to ask. I am looking at buying a new computer soon. In the meantime, I have a truly ancient thing that I need to dispose of, however I do not just want to junk it.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Maybe someplace that is looking for computers to be donated (it may be good for parts)? Or a place that recycles them?
Hey everyone, favour to ask. I am looking at buying a new computer soon. In the meantime, I have a truly ancient thing that I need to dispose of, however I do not just want to junk it.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Maybe someplace that is looking for computers to be donated (it may be good for parts)? Or a place that recycles them?
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Location: Halifax, NS
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Location: Halifax, NS
Posted:
check out community centers, and churches, and food banks, and place like that .. they can use them .. or do a web search for .. donating computers.....
check out community centers, and churches, and food banks, and place like that .. they can use them .. or do a web search for .. donating computers.....
thats right i look like an albino ape that has had a bad day.. go ahead say something stupid... i dare ya !
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada.
Posted:
Give it to me.
Just kidding, I know salvation army here deals with them. A library may possibly want one for a internet access point.
Give it to me.
Just kidding, I know salvation army here deals with them. A library may possibly want one for a internet access point.
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Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
take it appart and ebay off the parts. People pay rediculous prices for gear on ebay (I made 1000% profit on something i bought then sold again on the internet last month). Then if you wanna give the money to charity do so.
take it appart and ebay off the parts. People pay rediculous prices for gear on ebay (I made 1000% profit on something i bought then sold again on the internet last month). Then if you wanna give the money to charity do so.
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Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Thanks Flid, but the computer is that riduculously old that I don't think it would fetch anything, even in parts. It has the following exciting and useless features:
No CDrom drive
No internet access (for those of you wondering how I access the internet, it is via my flatmates computer)
Windows 3.1 with a very nifty version of Wordperfect
But the monitor is in good nick, so with some work it could probably be upgraded. The CPU itself would have to just be taken for parts (the tower casing only has a disk drive (and a real floppy disk drive for those who remember that)). The keyboard and the mouse are real base versions, but could be utilised still.
Ahhhh well we shall see. I found a bunch of people called ComputerBank who accept donations of computers, work on them, and donate them to schools, charities and low-income families. I am going to see if they would like it.
Thanks Flid, but the computer is that riduculously old that I don't think it would fetch anything, even in parts. It has the following exciting and useless features:
No CDrom drive
No internet access (for those of you wondering how I access the internet, it is via my flatmates computer)
Windows 3.1 with a very nifty version of Wordperfect
But the monitor is in good nick, so with some work it could probably be upgraded. The CPU itself would have to just be taken for parts (the tower casing only has a disk drive (and a real floppy disk drive for those who remember that)). The keyboard and the mouse are real base versions, but could be utilised still.
Ahhhh well we shall see. I found a bunch of people called ComputerBank who accept donations of computers, work on them, and donate them to schools, charities and low-income families. I am going to see if they would like it.
It was a day for screaming at inanimate objects.
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada.
Posted:
BTW the CPU is actually the main processor chip which is about the size of a watch.
BTW the CPU is actually the main processor chip which is about the size of a watch.
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