I agree with not dumping old pcs onto schools, my old HS had an abundance of old HW most of it pre p166 stuff, most of it gets hauled off and shipped around the district. Some of it is kept, and recently I used one of the old 166's to turn into a dhcp server for one of the peer-to-peer networks thats setup specifically for printing. Sometimes old stuff like that CAN come in handy, but it is very rare for it to. I'm somewhat lucky when it comes to ridding of old hw, I have a friend whose dad usually takes the old stuff and can pawn it off to auto shops or people without pcs. Auto shops usually use them for inventory or point of sale, usually doesn't take much machine for a older pos system or inventory system. Just my.02
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I agree with not dumping old pcs onto schools, my old HS had an abundance of old HW most of it pre p166 stuff, most of it gets hauled off and shipped around the district. Some of it is kept, and recently I used one of the old 166's to turn into a dhcp server for one of the peer-to-peer networks thats setup specifically for printing. Sometimes old stuff like that CAN come in handy, but it is very rare for it to. I'm somewhat lucky when it comes to ridding of old hw, I have a friend whose dad usually takes the old stuff and can pawn it off to auto shops or people without pcs. Auto shops usually use them for inventory or point of sale, usually doesn't take much machine for a older pos system or inventory system. Just my .02