29 May
2007
29 May
'07
2:22 p.m.
--- William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
I'll venture a guess and say the vast majority of
people on this list are interested in the
collectible/nostalgic aspects of old hardware, not for
recycling.
How much old *scrap* is there left these days?
I don't
think it's even near that. I *guess* that
it's in the gram
range at best...
Can someone please explain to me why the classic
computer commuity
simply can not grasp the concept that there is a lot
of gold in older
computer hardware? Really, guys, I do not know how
many times you have
been told, yet it just does not sink in... The guy is shooting high, but not very high. $5.00 a
pound for really
good boards is not insane.
Just how much gold (after considering the costs of
extraction) in monetary terms would a $5 pound of
scrap yield? I don't see any figures to that effect.
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2 Jun
2 Jun
11:45 a.m.
I'll venture a guess and say the vast majority of
people on this list are interested in the
collectible/nostalgic aspects of old hardware, not for
recycling.
It IS important to know when we go toe to toe with the scrappers when
goodies come up for auction.
How much old *scrap* is there left these days?
Enough to keep the market going.
--
Will
1:23 p.m.
"William Donzelli" <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
In particular:
I might normally think that because computers today are so much
more powerful than 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago, that it would take much
less hardware to implement the same functions. Thus I might
expect that the raw quantities of computer scrap have been
declining over the same time.
I have been proven wrong almost every time. Sucky, but true.
Tim.
How much old
*scrap* is there left these days?
Enough to keep the market going.
3:24 p.m.
I might normally think that because computers today
are so much
more powerful than 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago, that it would take much
less hardware to implement the same functions. Thus I might
expect that the raw quantities of computer scrap have been
declining over the same time.
Quantity up, quality down. Demand is also WAY up, due to the Chinese.
--
Will
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