17 Jan
2004
17 Jan
'04
3:31 a.m.
I've been having server troubles and never saw this come accross. Anyway, I
think it's a good idea for getting rid of old PC junk, rather than just
tossing them in the landfill.
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 (in northern NJ). 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 (where it still exists) will not run on
newer machines.
Of course, I am not an accountant (IANAA?), so please verify all of this,
especially the comparables bit.
Kelly