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Hello Roy - 

WC>> The more upscale just toss them. 

CA>> I do recall some years ago that when 'used' computers were
CA>> offerred the recipient felt the implication was that they
CA>> could not afford to buy a new one and they were even
CA>> somewhat insulted. Children didn't want to have a lesser
CA>> system than their friends and felt (probably rightly so)
CA>> that their parents would then _not_ buy them the
CA>> 'latest/greatest' they had been asking for. 

RJT> I guess that's the gaming software market driving the
RJT> higher end of hardware... 

Gaming and burning copies of DVDs. :-) 

WC>> Two years ago I picked up 2 - 19" monitors set at the curb
WC>> by the trash, both working. Using one now. 

CA>> My 19" was damaged when moved here in the trunk of a car
CA>> and now I am back to my 17" monitor. :-( 

RJT> What happened to it? 

It was layed onto the screen and rolled back-and-forth on the
off button for 140 miles. 

RJT> Monitors oughta ride on the back seat, I think. :-) 

Oddly enough when transporting one of their _own_ monitors they
_did_ put it in the back seat. 

RJT>  

CA>> I kept an AT&T 8086 machine going for 15 years by taking
CA>> dead ones from others and using them as parts. :-) 

RJT> What are machines of that vintage useful for these days? 

Executing older DOS software, spreadsheets, and nostalgia. :-) 

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