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  1. another place that takes them in by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 5, Informative · on Where Computers Go To Die

    http://www.systemrecycler.com/
    Disabled guy takes old equipment, cleans and refurbishs it, repairs it if needed, loads Linux and gives it away to the needy.
    Some of it is resold to cover basic costs but it's pretty much a non-profit.

  2. Flashback. 1986 all over again? by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Solid State Memory on the Rise

    What's new about this?
    Back about 1985 or 86 I bought a NVRam card for my AT.
    I *think* it was called a "BatRam" or "BatDisk" or something like that.
    I also had one before that for my 8bit XT machine.
    I no longer have the 8bit card but I dug up the 16bit AT card out
    of my garage just now, it took me about 30 seconds to find it.
    Here's what it looks like, (please be gentle on my bandwidth!)
    http://www.systemrecycler.com/misc/dscn0773.jpg
    and
    http://www.systemrecycler.com/misc/dscn0774.jpg

    At the time, this was revolutionary stuff. You could power down and
    all your stuff was right where it was before. I think these things were
    only about 2 or 4 megabytes (which was HUGE back then).
    IIRC, I was using mine as a ram disk. I could put LOTS of programs
    on 4 megs. This being in the day when most programs were still being written
    to run on 64k IBM PC's.

  3. Flashback. 1986 all over again? by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Solid State Memory on the Rise

    What's new about this?
    Back about 1985 or 86 I bought a NVRam card for my AT.
    I *think* it was called a "BatRam" or "BatDisk" or something like that.
    I also had one before that for my 8bit XT machine.
    I no longer have the 8bit card but I dug up the 16bit AT card out
    of my garage just now, it took me about 30 seconds to find it.
    Here's what it looks like, (please be gentle on my bandwidth!)
    http://www.systemrecycler.com/misc/dscn0773.jpg
    and
    http://www.systemrecycler.com/misc/dscn0774.jpg

    At the time, this was revolutionary stuff. You could power down and
    all your stuff was right where it was before. I think these things were
    only about 2 or 4 megabytes (which was HUGE back then).
    IIRC, I was using mine as a ram disk. I could put LOTS of programs
    on 4 megs. This being in the day when most programs were still being written
    to run on 64k IBM PC's.

  4. Just so you appreciate what you are doing, by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Build Your Own PBX

    Here's a REAL PBX that is my personal property.
    It's a Rolm CBX II 9000 that is configured to handle 10,000 lines. (Yes, it's operational) It was purchased for $3,000,000 when it was brand new. It's had additional upgrades installed, it's net value was over $5,000,000 at one point in the very recent past.

    It fills an entire building. So, compare that with this new tech and you'll all the more appreciate what you have in front of you...

  5. Re:70watt telephones? by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 1 · on Resurrected Full-Screen VoIP Phones

    True, 70wats is a lot for a phone, but it's not as bad as my BIG phone..

  6. Man, you have electronic history in you hands by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 1 · on What Can Be Done with a Tube Collection?

    Some of us appreciate the "good old days"

    I just restored an antique oscope, fully tube type, no IC's at all, not one.

    My dad was a TV/Radio repairman in the 50's and 60's and his tools were my toys when I was little.

    I remember going with him to Rat Shack to buy tubes. I also remember his angst when Rat Shack quit selling tubes.

    About two weeks ago I went to Rat Shack to buy some IC's and other small parts to repair something. The moron punk had no clue what I was talking about. I could have been speaking Martian to him for all it was worth. After much complaining I got him to dig in the back for the parts. He brought out a 1 cubic foot cardboard box, it contained the last remnants of MY era of experimenting. A small handfull of basic IC's, a few perfboards, some IC sockets.

    Thou shalt not repair thy electronics for it is an abomination in the eyes of the Holy Stockholders. Thou shalt throw away all that is broken and replace it with new, more costly and less repairable products.

    Remember thy bottom line and hold it Holy...
    Amen...

  7. Re:Oh, the humanity! by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Carnivore No More

    but still, it's not like you can just put it in your PC and start reading your neighour's mail.

    No, you need one of these..
    http://www.systemrecycler.com/shomiti/

  8. HP by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 1 · on Color Laser Printers Tracking Everything You Print

    Well, cups has a watermarking on/off option along with several other "goodies" for my 4500n

  9. When hell freezes over.... by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 1 · on Will Our Cars Become Our Chauffeurs?

    My car is 30 years old.
    It's a 1975 450SEL and I'll drive it for another 30 years.

    All these new cars are SH*T.
    I wouldn't take a new car if it were a free gift nor would I take a new car if you paid me to take it.

    Plastic crap made in China assembled in Mexico.
    Stick that crap up your tailpipe..

    I bought a second one just like it so to be sure to have spare parts.

    There is no way in hell that I will ever allow any sort of modern crap to be installed in my car, it's factory original and it's going to stay that way. I have no need or desire for modern electronics of any sort in my car, including stereo gear. I listen to AM radio anyway, and only sometimes. Most of the time I listen to the motor and the tires singing...

    WTF does everyone want all this automatic crap for? This world has gone insane. I'm 44 years old and I was born on another planet. Somewhere between the time I was born and now, someone stole me away from the planet I was born on and dropped me off on this screwed up world. Nothing in this world resembles the world I was born into..

  10. Re:Picture and a bit more by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 1 · on Transistor Radio Turns 50

    Oh and btw, here's an oldie I've been hanging onto for some years now. I don't really know the age of this thing, I bought it at a flea market about 15 years ago and it's in magnificent condition..

    http://www.systemrecycler.com/pocketradio/

  11. Want to see a REAL PBX?? by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 1 · on Will VoIP Kill the PBX?

    Well, actually IBM preferred to call it a CBX but it's still a PBX none the less...

    I personally own this beasty, a 12 node ROLM, capable of handling 10,000 phone lines. Anyone tired of small town phone company hassles? Start your own phone company...

  12. I recycle more than they do.. by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Office Depot Wants to Recycle Your Old Computer

    I take old stuff from corporations and individuals and refurbish it and resell it cheap to the needy or young upstart SOHO's....

    I take in more stuff than they do and I am,
    1. disabled
    2. working alone

    Come on guys, you can do better than that.
    My typical daily run (pick up)is 20 laserjets, 4-5 21" CRT's, +/- a dozen PC's, 6-10 injets, and 2-300 lbs of cables and wall-warts.

    If I can do it this much by myself and disabled at that, they can do better. And I DO NOT throw ANY of it away, it ALL goes back to someone. A lot of it I simply refurbish and give away or trade away just to keep it from piling up.

    shameless plug, http://www.SystemRecycler.com

    .

  13. No thanks, I prefer my 11c by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 1 · on HP Releases New RPN Scientific Calculator

    http://www.systemrecycler.com/imag0184.jpg

    http://www.systemrecycler.com/imag0183.jpg

    http://www.systemrecycler.com/imag0182.jpg

    Still works after almost 2o years. Only changed the batteries ONCE and I use the hell out of it.. I wish I still had the original manuals though, the ex threw them out just to be mean..

  14. No thanks, I prefer my 11c by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 1 · on HP Releases New RPN Scientific Calculator

    http://www.systemrecycler.com/imag0184.jpg

    http://www.systemrecycler.com/imag0183.jpg

    http://www.systemrecycler.com/imag0182.jpg

    Still works after almost 2o years. Only changed the batteries ONCE and I use the hell out of it.. I wish I still had the original manuals though, the ex threw them out just to be mean..

  15. No thanks, I prefer my 11c by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 1 · on HP Releases New RPN Scientific Calculator

    http://www.systemrecycler.com/imag0184.jpg

    http://www.systemrecycler.com/imag0183.jpg

    http://www.systemrecycler.com/imag0182.jpg

    Still works after almost 2o years. Only changed the batteries ONCE and I use the hell out of it.. I wish I still had the original manuals though, the ex threw them out just to be mean..

  16. Re:I'd love to but... by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 2, Informative · on Ethereal Packet Sniffing

    Get this, http://www.haking.pl/en/index.php?page=hakin9_live

    then get this,

    http://www.distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution= std

    and get this too,

    ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/phlak

    then get one of these,
    http://www.systemrecycler.com/shomiti/

    and lastly get this just for shits, grins and giggles,

    http://www.metasploit.com/projects/Framework/docum entation.html

  17. If you *really* need to sniff, by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 1, Funny · on Ethereal Packet Sniffing

    Get your own Carnivore device...
    http://www.systemrecycler.com/shomiti/

  18. I refurbish computers by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Microsoft Authorized Refurbishers

    and I authorize myself to install Linux on them and erase windows as fast as humanly possible..

    http://www.systemrecycler.com

  19. Now you're talking my language!! by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 1 · on Control-Alt-Recycle

    Thou shalt not throw ANYTHING away!! EVER!!
    http://www.systemrecycler.com

    Older is better....

    If you don't want it, I probably do..

  20. I like my Shomiti Century 12 tap by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 1 · on What Network Sniffing Tools Do You Use?

    Why mess with the rest when you can use the best?

    http://www.systemrecycler.com/shomiti
    BTW, mine is up for sale.. It rox...

  21. So you want to start your own Telco?? by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 1 · on Supreme Court Rules Against Community Telcos

    So do I. I have the stuff to handle 10,000 lines.

  22. Re:A BIOS is for weens! by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 2, Interesting · on In-Depth Look At LinuxBIOS

    Damn, that looks a lot like my Rolm (I know, it's a PBX but it is also a computer, and yes, it's my personal property)

  23. Re:You love nature so much that you by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 1 · on Wooden Computer Accessories

    Not me. I use OLD stuff over again.
    I refurbish and recycle.
    And when I say recycle, I don't mean into raw materials, I mean refurbish and put back into service....

    http://www.systemrecycler.com/

  24. Re:Time to start stockpiling hardware... by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 1 · on Trusted Computing Rollout Hits the Desktop

    I am stockpiling older hardware.
    I have enough stuff to build my own clusters, to do what ever I want. I'll never run out of old computers.
    I've implemented my battle plan to deal with future E.V.I.L.(tm) schemes to kontrol the people.

    Tin foil hat and black helicopter optional.....

  25. What a bunch of B$, all they need is a few of by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 1 · on FBI Adds to Wiretap Wish List

    these handy-dandy-doo-dads... (Shomiti Century 12 tap)

  26. Here's *my* blast from the past.. by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Pictorial and Written History of Bell Systems

    I personally own a Rolm CBX II 9000 w/PhoneMail system and buttloads of RolmPhones.. Plenty of pix, http://www.systemrecycler.com/rolm

    Yes, it's my personal property..

  27. Yes, this is a problem by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 1 · on Manufacturing 1 PC Takes 1.8 Tons Of Raw Material

    And if you think that's bad, think of all these PC's going into the landfills in a few years.

    We need to recycle systems more.

    I'm a disabled American and took it upon myself to do something about it.

    http://www.systemrecycler.com
    (This site is new and UC, please be kind to my bandwidth!)