Freecycle for (interesting) old computers?

Is there anything like Freecycle but dedicated to old
computer stuff?  
I know computer stuff pops up on Freecycle but you'd have to
sign up  
for a lot of regional lists and wade through a load of blood
stained  
mattresses and three legged coffee tables to find anything
good.

I'm sure that there are hoards of geeks out there who'd give
a good  
home to previously loved boxes given half the chance.

As an example I'm after an old Alpha box that'll run OpenVMS
to do  
some testing on. Such things must exist but I can't think
how I'd  
find one. ObWhich: anyone got one?

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net

On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 08:07:49PM +0000, Andy Armstrong
wrote:
>Is there anything like Freecycle but dedicated to old
computer stuff?

bond.pm seems to work quite well for getting rid of stuff.
I've had
occasional good luck from ASR too.

>I know 
>computer stuff pops up on Freecycle but you'd have to
sign up for a lot of 
>regional lists and wade through a load of blood stained
mattresses and three 
>legged coffee tables to find anything good.

A good use for mailfilters?

R

On 22 Jan 2007, at 20:21, Roger Burton West wrote:
> A good use for mailfilters?

Possibly - but how many Freecycle lists would I have to join
to find  
a usable Alpha box? 

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net

On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 08:21:41PM +0000, Roger Burton West
wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 08:07:49PM +0000, Andy
Armstrong wrote:
>> Is there anything like Freecycle but dedicated to
old computer stuff?
> bond.pm seems to work quite well for getting rid of
stuff. I've had
> occasional good luck from ASR too.

I dunno, I'm having a hell of a time getting rid of this
lot.

On 22 Jan 2007, at 20:45, Peter Corlett wrote:
> I dunno, I'm having a hell of a time getting rid of
this lot.

Which lot?

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net

On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 08:07:49PM +0000, Andy Armstrong
wrote:

> Is there anything like Freecycle but dedicated to old
computer stuff?  
> I know computer stuff pops up on Freecycle but ...
> 
> As an example I'm after an old Alpha box that'll run
OpenVMS to do  
> some testing on. Such things must exist but I can't
think how I'd  
> find one. ObWhich: anyone got one?

Try classiccmp's lists:
  http://www.class
iccmp.org/lists.html

They're very US-biased, but there's a fair number of UK
people there.
Also try the rescue list at sunhelp:
  http:/
/www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

Of course, if you could make do with a VAX instead of an
Alpha then you
can have mine.

-- 
David Cantrell | Cake Smuggler Extraordinaire

    There are many different types of sausages.  The best
are
    from the north of England.  The wurst are from Germany.
      -- seen in alt.2eggs...

On 22 Jan 2007, at 21:15, David Cantrell wrote:
> Try classiccmp's lists:
>   http://www.class
iccmp.org/lists.html
>
> They're very US-biased, but there's a fair number of UK
people there.
> Also try the rescue list at sunhelp:
>   http:/
/www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
>
> Of course, if you could make do with a VAX instead of
an Alpha then  
> you
> can have mine.

Oooh. Will it run a fairly recent version of VMS so I can
install  
Perl on it? Don't mind if it takes a week to compile 

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net