22 Mar
2006
22 Mar
'06
3:51 p.m.
They probably use the equipment for as long as
practical, then pass it on
for shipment out-of-country.
"Out-of-country" are the key words - getting used equipment recertified
for hospital use in the US is very costly, and mostly not worth it.
A fair amount of the stuff gets destroyed, so it does not get back into
circulation. Frankly, I am not that opposed to this. Remember the faulty
pacemakers with flawed semiconductors that Anchor surplus sold...
There is some cool stuff. At a hamfest about 15 years ago I saw a guy with
a trailer FULL of IBM system/9000s. Did I get one? NOOOOOOO....
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org