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How to Rescue Vintage Equipment from E-Waste Recyclers | VCFMW 19 (2024)
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Tons of vintage systems go into e-waste every year; is there any way to save them? In this talk, Chris Skeeles discusses how to approach and deal with your local e-waste facility for the purpose of acquiring computer equipment for the purpose of refurbishing. An e-waste recycler himself, Chris…
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One thing the scrappers and recyclers should keep in mind would be the arcade community. Dell Optiplex 740, 580, and 380 computer motherboards can be repurposed for repairing several very popular games. These hold a lot more value than scrap if working.
Are there any collectors of other vintage electronics (i.e. not computers)?
My local electronics recycler has a vintage console television (1960s?) sitting to one side of the facility. I have no interest, so I did not ask if it is for sale, but I assume that it is there for a reason.
At my very large institutional employer last year, several old PCs were inadvertently disposed of as garbage, rather than being properly wiped and decommissioned. This constituted a serious privacy breach because there may have been personal information on those hard drives.
Great presentation. I started an e-waste business about 10 years ago and have gotten some pretty great stuff. Vintage stuff comes in slow, but the businesses are constantly churning machines. The vintage is a great reward, but the businesses are the bread and butter and then some. In my van I carry a hard drive crusher to offer free onsite hard drive destruction. It gets most of my business. Now I have a YouTube channel dedicated to vintage computers with a heavy lean on e-waste. And Board sort is a great business to deal with.
This is a great presentation. If you're a spaz, pay particular attention to his advice and you'll do well dealing with scrappers.
Thanks for posting, I missed this presentation.