Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!synsys!jeffj From: jeffj@synsys.UUCP (Jeff Jonas) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Altos 586 Worth? Summary: I agree that donating old equipment makes you feel good Message-ID: <488@synsys.UUCP> Date: 19 May 91 08:30:16 GMT References: <1991May15.154308.5070@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <1991May17.045655.11152@compu.com> Reply-To: jeffj@synsys.UUCP (Jeff Jonas) Organization: Jeff's House of Electronic Parts Lines: 45 >> How about a hundred bucks to be kind. We simply tell the customer to trash >> them when they upgrade to real computers. In article peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > >AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! > >How about donating them to someone? A school or something? Give them away >to the poor kid down the street with a Commodore 64? I'm still utterly >flabbergasted at the tendency for companies to trash perfectly good >equipment just because they don't need it any more. And at the same time >there are people willing to pay several tens of dollars for a CP/M box >just so they can call local BBSes with more than a 40 line screen. I agree wholeheartedly! Donating equipment is a wise choice because 1) it gives the giver a tax deduction as well as goodwill 2) it gives the recipient equipment 3) it's better than recycling. Throwing things out COSTS A LOT! It's not just the hauling costs, but the cost of filling a dump site, taking useable meterials out ofcirculation, etc. I have gotten carloads of good equipment to my college and Jr. high school all for free. I also believe in appropriate technology. I loaned a friend a CP/M system with Wordstar because he needed a word processor. It did very well for a few years until he upgraded to a PC, which he can appreciate a lot more. CP/M systems make great work processors and beat the dedicated "electronic typewriters" hands down. I know that it's easy to just throw things out, but that's no longer a responsible thing to do. Here in the New Jersey, recycling is *THE LAW*. There are simply too few dump sites to support the current volume of garbage. Please use brainpower before horsepower. -- Jeffrey Jonas jeffj@synsys.uucp synsys!jeffj@uunet.uu.net