From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 6 16:01:28 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7632616A4D4 for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 16:01:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp1.utdallas.edu (smtp1.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9147643DC2 for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 16:01:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from utd49554 (utd49554.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.85]) by smtp1.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id A894B389233; Fri, 6 May 2005 11:01:19 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 11:01:18 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: jshamlet@comcast.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <050520052218.11887.427A9BC30008FD9700002E6F22058891169B0A04030E089C06@comcast.net> References: <050520052218.11887.427A9BC30008FD9700002E6F22058891169B0A04030E 089C06@comcast.net> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: What is the best use for this stuff? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 16:01:28 -0000 --On Thursday, May 05, 2005 10:18:43 PM +0000 jshamlet@comcast.net wrote: > > I would like to trim down to just (!) 5 machines, and either donate or > sell the rest. Anyone have any ideas on the best way, using the above > parts, to do that? Obviously, I plan to keep the fastest processors, best > mainboards, etc - but I'd like to know how others would divvy up these > parts. > I can't help you with the first part, but many charities will take old computer equipment, even inoperable equipment. They recondition some, sell others for scrap, etc., but they will take *anything* that you don't want. I've been giving away all my old computer stuff that way for a while. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu