JIM HOLSONBACK wrote in a message to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE:

-=> on 04-28-05 16:41, WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote to TOM WALKER <=-

 WC> Well I've gotten a lot of my stuff spotting disposed of equipment
 WC> in the trash when walking the dog but nothing here in the last two
 WC> years.

 JH> Hee. When we were in FL, the folks in back of the subdivision were
 JH> 'better off' than some of us in the front.  I had some good 'finds'
 JH> by driving around the next trash pickup day after Christmas - -
 JH> snagged a few good monitors that way.

 JH> Also, when we were getting ready to move up here, I did some
 JH> dumpster looking to find packing boxes - - there were a couple of
 JH> good-sized office complexes just up the road, and I found a couple
 JH> of working VGA monitors that way, too.

And I'll bet you got hollered at for "bringing home MORE junk!" :-)

 WC> Were I more mobile I know of an excellent place to pick up a few
 WC> systems a day for free. Local computer school junks out about ten 
 WC> systems a day to much problem to repair, I'd take the trouble.

 JH> Good.  Maybe if you called and explained you situation, they would
 JH> save you a box or two.  Maybe a friend (if I were nearby, I'd take
 JH> you) or your landlady would give you a ride over there to pick them
 JH> up. 

 JH> What I'm thinking about is your flexibility for future upgrades - -
 JH> if you can get yourself a std ATX mid or mini-tower case with a std
 JH> ATX ps vs that itty bitty 145W SFX PS in your current case - - even
 JH> if the mobos were bad, older ATX mainboards from maybe 5 yrs ago
 JH> are now dirt cheap, and that would give you an upgrade path when/if
 JH> your current HP Celeron system gets sick or dies.

I have several ATX boards here waiting for cases.  That one you sent my way
with the busted caps has been fixed,  and I have at least 3-4 others as
well.

 JH> I know I have some MicroATX mainboards here which cost me maybe a 
 JH> couple bucks apiece which will take AMD Athlon/Duron chips up to 
 JH> 1GHz, which will accept those memory sticks which are in your 
 JH> current Celeron system.

More interesting junk just arrived yesterday,  see subsequent post....

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