13 Jan
2004
13 Jan
'04
5:24 a.m.
From: Joe Stevenson
To: Classic Computers Mailing List
Sent: 1/13/2004 7:41 AM
Subject: Old IDE hard drives
Is there any interest in older IDE hard drives,
170-540MB?
I listed them on eBay, but got no response. I probably should have
posted them to the list, but I wasn't sure that was allowed, so I
didn't.
Well, if no one else makes a claim, the older smaller capacity drives are
usually in demand for amateur radio clubs. I have a reserve here for my
local club. As an incentive, most of these clubs in the US are 501(c)3
corporations. You would be able to take these as a tax deduction. Find
comparables on a refurb site, save the comparable resale value from when you
donate as documentation of a resonable price, and count them as donations at
the end of the year.
Much of this also applies to older 486 computers. A lot of the software
still used on the packet backbone will not run on newer machines.
Of course, I am not an accountant, so please verify all of this, especially
the comparables bit.
Kelly