10 Sep
2011
10 Sep
'11
9:29 a.m.
At 03:21 AM 9/10/2011, TeoZ wrote:
So we have to deal with the same problems that people
who collect ancient coins made of gold and silver deal with. If you want to collect them
you need to pay more then melt value. I suspect most Pentium Pros with the gold top will
be melted down,
I have a stack of eight of them sitting here. I had two old Compaq Proliant 7000
with quad PPro and a gig or two or RAM. Yes, $90K machines in their day.
I had essentially no money invested in them, they ran reliably for years,
but I suspect even their V-8 PPro goodness could be exceeded by the
processor in a $40 router these days. There was no market for the Proliant
as-is. No market for the parts. Nothing being sold on eBay. So I completely
disassembled and scrapped them. My state's environmental regulations still
allow me to put scrap metal at the curb, so I'll recycle all the boards
some other way.
So why do I still have eight PPro sitting here? I shudder at the scams
that some eBayer could play with me, shipping R at RE valuable gold CPUs
to unknown destinations. I doubt the "we buy gold" jeweler down the
street would know what to do with me. So where can I fence them?
I bet I have a bag of goldish chips from a 70s-era Burroughs around
here someplace, too.
- John