Subj : Re: Am I the only one dumpster diving ?
To   : Spectre
From : boraxman
Date : Tue May 24 2022 23:10:57

 Sp> In this day and age... not so much, I haven't seen most of my old
 Sp> locations in over 10 years now.  Not sure where you are... the Waste
 Sp> Transfer Station in Frankston/Skye is the one I have a look at. I'm sure
 Sp> others will have a similar setup...  Either that or keep an eye on the
 Sp> guys that pickup the stuff for recycling and see what you can arrange
 Sp> with them.
 Sp> 
 Sp> What kind of gear are you actually looking for? Old is a relative
 Sp> thing... I've not seen anything much older than a PIII come past.  But
 Sp> hard rubbish around here sometimes offers up XT/286 age hardware, but
 Sp> its getting to be very thin on the ground.
 Sp> 
 Sp> I can add whatever you're looking for to my items of interest though.
 Sp> 
 Sp> Spec
 Sp> 

I'm at the opposite end of Melbourne.  I am looking for older things, of the XT - 486, preferably towards the XT end.  I'm sure this stuff is quite rare now, but an AT power supply or a motherboard with 8bit ISA slots would be more than welcome, as well as a 5 1/4 inch disk drive.

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