Chuck Guzis wrote: Posts like this drive me nuts: Where can I find a "local computer recycler" in my area?! I'm in Illinois, near Chicago. I want deals like this! (acts like baby) -- Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org) http://www.oldskool.org/ Help our electronic games project: http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.mindcandydvd.com/ A child borne of the home computer wars: http://trixter.wordpress.com/

Chuck Guzis wrote: I suspect you're lucky, there. The local place here won't sell anything that hasn't been wiped and tested either, which means it just isn't worth their while for anything under 30GB as the demand's too low to justify the time taken. The lower-capacity drives go straight to the crusher, no questions asked (same with entire classic machines, sadly). I suspect that's typical of most recycling places, as even if they're prepared to sell drives "as seen", they're still pretty much obliged to wipe any data off them if they want to keep their bigger "suppliers" happy. (30GB IDE drives are a tenner, and 36GB SCSI drives are either 15 or 20 pounds I think - which is probably a pretty reasonable for a soak-tested used drive) To Jim: drop an email to a few local companies that are likely to make use of recycling facilities; some of them will probably be friendly enough to let you know who they use. cheers Jules