The best dumpster I ever hit was a ComputerLand in San Mateo when they went out of business in the early 90s. I went to their going out of business sale and realized they would have lots of leftovers. After the sale I filled my Honda car two nights in a row, spending about 3 to 4 hrs a night burrowing The second night I had so much jammed into the Honda there was barely room for me. The passenger seat was so full it towered over me as I was driving. I barely made it back over the bridge to Hayward, where I was staying. I had to use one hand to keep the stuff from collapsing on me. All PC stuff of course. After they realized that someone was dumpster diving they broke every card they put in. They were a major west coast distributor until they had financial trouble some very good trash. I pulled quite a few brand new motherboards, cards and hard drives in boxes from that dumpster. Also in the early 90s Mentor Graphics was liquidating lots of Apollo 100, 300, 400 and 600 boxes. I pulled a bunch of circuit cards and software from the dumpster at their auxiliary storage. It was so interesting I started checking their main plant until security chased me away. My recommendation is to check computer businesses going out of business. Computer manufacturers going out of business or downsizing are also good. Check the major auctions like Ross Dove that happen in your area. Computer distributors often have good dumpsters also. My favorite story though is one of my scrapper friends. He had some Chinese buyers visiting him. They had gone through his yard in Bend and were on their way to Portland. Cruising through the industrial area of Albany he spotted a dumpster full of good scrap wire. While he wanted to look he wasn't sure of how these Chinese businessmen would take it. He decided what the hell and pulled his truck up beside the dumpster. Needless to say the Chinese were the first on top of the dumpster happily yarding the scrap into the truck. They were having a great time until the local police showed up and made them put all the wire back in the dumpster. I bet it made for great stories back home. Dumpster diving is lots of fun. Especially if you just dive in. Paxton