Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!clio.sts.uiuc.edu!berger From: berger@clio.sts.uiuc.edu (Mike Berger) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Altos 586 Worth? Message-ID: <1991May20.183545.18923@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 20 May 91 18:35:45 GMT References: <1991May15.154308.5070@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <1991May17.045655.11152@compu.com> Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 16 peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >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 *---- This may not be as effective as you would think. I find that donating working equipment for "free" can lead to gigantic demands on my time, or for ancillary equipment. And you won't find too many high-school kids who would rather take the time to wire a harness for an old 1200 baud modem board when they can just get a new one for $ 60. -- Mike Berger Department of Statistics, University of Illinois AT&TNET 217-244-6067 Internet berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu