Subj : Re: Am I the only one dumpster diving ?
To   : Spectre
From : boraxman
Date : Mon May 23 2022 21:37:15

 Sp> I regularly trundle past our local waste transfer station.  They used to
 Sp> have a free for all where all the gear was dumped in a bin or two and
 Sp> you could just have at it.  Unfortunately as these things go, people
 Sp> were running off with the RAM and CPUs so they put the kibosh on that,
 Sp> and made it so that you weren't allowed to open the boxes cost per box
 Sp> was $5 so it wasn't to bad.. that lasted for a bit but people kept
 Sp> opening them up and leaving a mess.  So the stopped that completely, and
 Sp> you have to wait for someone to decide what they think they might be
 Sp> able to shift through their "recycle store". Unfortunately this is a
 Sp> really low percentage of the stuff that comes through, and tends to just
 Sp> be PeeCee stuff. So not so good any more.
 Sp> 
 Sp> I used to know a couple of locations, mostly with IT businesses that
 Sp> would regularly throw out a heap of stuff at the end of each financial
 Sp> year.  They would have serious dumpsters, like 12 cubic metres or
 Sp> more... everything from antique terminals, an IBM 3270 went past, and
 Sp> all sorts of other stuff, truckloads of cabling the works.  I'm not in
 Sp> decent enough shape to try and manage that kind of dumpster diving
 Sp> anymore.  With a knackered back, I'd probably last lifting/moving half a
 Sp> dozen items, and I'd have to reach for the serious pain relief.
 Sp> 
 Sp> It was always a good time though, you never knew what you were going to
 Sp> see, if it worked... all the rest...
 Sp> 
 Sp> Spec

You're in Melbourne, right?  Any good places in Melbourne I can pick up old hardware?

I'm looking for some very old parts, and wondering what recycling or waste centres might be fruitful.

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