2 Jul
2024
2 Jul
'24
4:33 a.m.
On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 8:28 PM ben via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 2024-07-01 6:04 p.m., Mike Stein via cctalk wrote:
> Hey, I sent you a motherboard from Toronto all the way to the South
> Pole, remember? Well, OK, via San Francisco, but It wasn't too bad
> then.
Mike, I do remember. I still have that motherboard on the shelf over
my work area at home. I never did get a stable composite adapter made
down there (I had to work with the parts I had on hand). The board
was fine but the output was shaky because of my adapter.
The postage was just Toronto to SFO because it went via APO box.
Hey there must be lots of vintage stuff at the south
pole
nobody ships stuff back. :)
Because of the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, everything that
goes down has to go back. There's millions of pounds of sorted waste
that goes North on the cargo vessel every year, including the category
"Electronic Scrap".
-ethan