(sigh)
Dear Dumpster diver,
I have long since wanted to meet you. Sometimes I've wondered if those
spent banana peels really tasted as good as you have cherished them. I
used to look through my window seeing you churn over and over in the
pungent stew of bags of mixed surprises and expired goods--only to rise
up with your glasses half-cocked and your neighbor's yesterday issue of
toilet paper hanging off of your frames. I do admire you Dumpter Diver
Dude, and I look forward to our Wednesday meeting and the raffling of
your coveted treasures.
Mustafo
evil pirate of Mario's PC
Paul M Foster wrote:
>Well, I was throwing some trash in the dumpster at the office, and I
>looked in and noticed a couple of PCs sitting in the bottom of the
>dumpster. I spent a long time trying to decide whether to jump in and
>take a look. (I felt like such a scuz, dumpster-diving for PCs later.)
>
>Anyway, turns out someone had thrown (emphasis on the word "thrown")
>seven PCs in the dumpster, which I retrieved. All 486's, some working,
>some not. Only two hard drives in the bunch, and a couple of NIC cards.
>Some with memory, some without. I've got 72 and 30 pin SIMMs out the
>butt, so they can be populated. Couple have VESA Local Bus video cards.
>
>Probably, most of these can be made to work, but I'm not sure what they
>would be good for. Yes, I know they're all good for firewalls, but one
>only needs so many firewalls. I'm wondering if they have enough
>horsepower for fileservers with large hard drives. Anyone have
>experience with this?
>
>Doubtless, I won't need all these, so some lucky SLUGs may be able to
>buy some for a modest sum. (I'm kidding! Any of these I get rid of will
>be given away or raffled.)
>
>Anyway, comments are welcome.
>
>Paul
>
>
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