Re: Speaking of old hardware

On Thu, 17 May 2007, Jon Lewis wrote:
:
:We had 1800-got-junk haul away a bunch of stuff like that.  I don't know
:what they do with it.  I've got a large box full of old
:small/obsolete/faulty hard drives.  That's even trickier, because some may
:have data we can't allow to fall into the wrong hands.  I was hoping to
:put together a shooting event using hard drives as the targets...but at
:the moment, that's not looking promising.

We still keep a big honking magnet around specifically for that.  Physical
destruction, though a good stress reliever, can get cumbersome quickly :)

:I hate throwing stuff like that out too, but at some point, a machine with
:limited CPU, limited RAM, and limited disk space / i/o just isn't worth
:keeping around.  I suppose if they're not too slow, and too low on RAM,
:you could deploy them as DNS caches...but how many of those do you really
:need?

No question there's always the sentimental tug to keep the first this or
that...  Still have my old Integrix Sparc clone circa '95 serving as a
tftp store (couldn't afford a real Sun back in the day), as well as a
donated DECstation running Ultrix, which served as our first web server.
Took many, many hours to custom compile virtual interface fucntionality
on that.  That, of course was when we had an array of USR sportsters
mounted on pegboard with db-25 shielded cables to PM-2ERs, with centrex
hunting courtesy of Ma Bell on a 5-year minimum contract.  I'm sure I've
got pics somewhere.  With the office lights off, it was rather
entertaining - a geek Christmas tree, more or less...

:> We're not supposed to just throw it all in the dump, but what else can
:> we do.  We've got a storage unit full of RaQs, MAX 4000s, USR Total
:> Controls, SA600 ATM switches, Cisco 2501s, and more.

Yep.

:Find some idiot who wants to start an ISP and give it to them.  :)

I suspect the pool of ISP wannabe's isn't quite as large as it was a
half-decade ago.  Too bad we can't find another green Patrick (pre-CCIE)
to offload to.  No offense, IANAI :)

:I assume it's all fully depreciated and can't be given away for a tax
:break?

I'm sure your cpa has bitchslapped you on that end as much as mine has.

cheers,
brian
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