Disposing of old computer gear

[Quiggers]

I need to get rid of a heap of old Macs, monitors, keyboards and the like.

I don't really want to add them to the land fill probo.

Anyone know of dismantlers / recyclers etc, maybe GC or Bris or wherever?

I thought there was something of a business in acquiring the boards for the metals but I've found nothing much....

Cheers, GQ

[abaddonxi]

Either stick 'em up on ebay - as a bunch or one by one if you are keen.

Or find a second hand mac place and donate them.

Cheers
Simon

[Outlaw]

yeah what sort are they?

[Mick-Kelly]

I would be happy to take one off your hands :p

[Nat130]

what are you going to do with one of his hands? ;)

[Mick-Kelly]

wouldnt you like to know :D :D :D :D :confused:

[p38arover]

what are you going to do with one of his hands? ;)


He said "off", not "of" :)

Ron

[Quiggers]

They're old macs, (1995 -2001) as in os 8 - 9, and while they still work they're useless for anything more than typing up a letter - such is the level of current needed technology. obsolete, great in their day, but...........

I see these types at auctions and garage sales at times for maybe $10........... sad isn't it....


If any one wants maybe 10 old macs, keyboards, mouses, monitors printers etc, you can have the lot, for a (good) case of the amber.......:D

GQ

[p38arover]

If you lived close by, I'd be happy to take a system off your hands (for some amber) just so I could have a play and learn Mac-speak.


Hmm, I may have to go to Coffs shortly to check on the termite damage repairs on my house.

Ron

[cartm58]

1986 the couple below us in the Duplex Flat in Caulfield we were renting set up a local advertisement funded local paper for Brighton they had a row of Macs along the lounge window.

People would come in write up their stories for the paper, they would add pictures do the layout graphically on the Mac and then download the paper onto disk and take to the printer to produce.

So even though the macs you have are 1995-2001 they are still powerful beasts just now slower than the modern versions.

When my 2004 vintage pc gets too slow and outdated l am going to swap over to Mac's as l so hate Bill Gates and Microsoft and l bet teh Apple geeks regret the day they licensed their Windows system to Bill.

[Quiggers]

The reason I've always run Macs has been due to software - in 1994 Photoshop, Illustrator, Avid, Media 100, After Effects, broadcast codecs and others were Mac only.... there is one Mac here (8100/80av) that cost nearly $60,000 with all the gear, I'm not selling it - I have an attachment to it - occasionally it is brought back on line to finish off a broadcast jobbie.....
amazing actually, built 1994 and still in perfect nick......... and more capable than some of the new stuff, but for that price it would want to be...
obsolete due to its lack of pace, so what, but not its output quality.

GQ

[MacMan]

I've got a 7300, 8600, and one of the first G3s sitting here in a cupboard too. The 7300 got me through uni and I can't bring myself to part with it either! I'm going to set one up to pipe streaming net radio through my nice speakers, but have to wait for cooler weather to get up into the roof to run the cables.

They'll all still do what I need to for work, albeit slowly.

[shorty943]

That is why every Advertiseing house, TV Studio, Movie house in the modern world always went Mac. Always was far superior to MS in any graphic production work. Watch the credits of your favourite gameshow, you will see graphics made on Apple computers roll past every time.

Quiggers, if you can do a COD plus a bit for your trouble, I would love to hook a G3, even a tiny little one, into my home network. Just to get a handle on the way to do it for my IT mate. Got the Linux server side going for him, love to try my hand at Mc,Networking. Bit like NM and her new puter?

Shorty.

[Mick-Kelly]

Thats what i was thinking, they would make a good toy/learning tool.

[p38arover]

Thats what i was thinking, they would make a good toy/learning tool.

Well, that's three of us.

Ron

[Quiggers]

Thank you all for your help and comments.

Shipping all this gear around the countryside would be a major pain in the butt as the shipping boxes have long gone, then there is the cost and these machines are older, which brings into question, their ongoing reliability.

I'm not sure learning about old computer operating systems would be of any great value, as these machines are OS8 and OS9. Apple dumped this OS more than five years ago and OSX is not compatible with the previous.

Learning the Apple OS should be the current IMHO, learning the old and then eventually learning the new is a waste of time, I reckon. And to further muddy the water, the new OS wont run on older machines.

The two OSs are very different.

Sadly, all this once fine gear is really only for scrap. Maybe I should collect old computers etc and start a business recycling for the metals:D

Cheers, GQ

[Quiggers]

MacMan; Yup know what you mean, the 8100/80av will stay for sentimental reasons.

Tis amazing what we acquire - many I acquired used, and were only extras to fill a short term need.

6 x LCs (the pizza box machine)
2 x G3 beige
2 x 5200
1 x 5500
1 x 7300
1 x 8100
1 x G3 blue
1 x G4 350

3 x old windows type PC things

12 monitors of various sizes
literally miles and miles of cable

Like I said, amazing what ends up in the shed......

I was once told the ram chips were always valuable but who wants an 8 or 16 mb these days, ram is now measured in Gbs!

Please don't treat this as advertsing, Inc, just discussing the waste of the modern world, (then there's a handful of old mobile phones and the list of old new stuff seems to never end.....consumerism)

Cheers, GQ

[p38arover]

And to think I would be driving through Alstonville in a couple of weeks.

Ah well. :)

Ron

[scrambler]

MacMan; Yup know what you mean, the 8100/80av will stay for sentimental reasons.

Tis amazing what we acquire - many I acquired used, and were only extras to fill a short term need.

6 x LCs (the pizza box machine)
2 x G3 beige
2 x 5200
1 x 5500
1 x 7300
1 x 8100
1 x G3 blue
1 x G4 350

3 x old windows type PC things

12 monitors of various sizes
literally miles and miles of cable

Like I said, amazing what ends up in the shed......

I was once told the ram chips were always valuable but who wants an 8 or 16 mb these days, ram is now measured in Gbs!

Please don't treat this as advertsing, Inc, just discussing the waste of the modern world, (then there's a handful of old mobile phones and the list of old new stuff seems to never end.....consumerism)

Cheers, GQ
Is this going into the markets as a "give away to good home?" My sister (teacher in Brisbane) is a Mac fan - she might be interested.

[Quiggers]

If you're going my way, Ron give me a call.

Cheers, GQ

[Quiggers]

Thank you scrambler, I should do that.

Cheers, GQ

[DarrenR]

Once a month I generally take a van load of computers, components, monitors to the tip and they always get me to put it in their stash pile, I really don't know what happens after that.

If I have a pile of known to be working monitors and computers I drop them off at our local aged care place, who then sell the stuff off in their second-hand shop which goes to paying for facilities. You will find most places like Salvo's, Lifeline are happy to take working stuff.

Best regards
DarrenR

[Quiggers]

Thanks Darren, sadly our local Vinnies and Salvos etc have stopped any further donations and this has been due to dumping - two of these NGOs contacted me on the same day to put notices in my local paper saying 'the end has come' enough of 'donations'.....

Your sentiments are right, however....

But there's always some mongrels around to screw things up........

GQ

[p38arover]

I tried to give away a perfect electric daisywheel typewriter (with parallel port) to St Vinnies.

They no longer accept any electrical goods.

Ron

[Chenz]

The buzz down in Leichhardt where I work in Sydney is that there is a real push to keep them out of landfill and you will not be able to put them out for a regular garbage pick up.

There are a couple of mobs gearing up in Sydney to pick them up and recycle the bits they can but I don't have any details as yet.

Only a matter of time before this gets up all over Aus.

[landrovermick]

computer recycling is a big buisness in europe - i remember seeing a show about 10 years ago on tv were they were making all sorts of things out of the plastic parts shredded and re made... its a good idea - and with the turn around in computers these days a worthwhile venture.

i used to give my old pc stiff to a local workshop that referbished them and gave them to not for profit organisations - they dont do it anymore - wasnt a viable buisness.