If you like to play around with lots of old computer hardware, you might try your local Free Geek.
Free Geek is a not-for-profit, unpaid volunteer organization that accepts donations of old computers, then re-uses what can be re-used and recycles the rest.
The computers we fix up and give away to the needy (or sell to make our rent money) aren't vintage, of course. Most are P-III, some are late-model P-II, and some are P-IV.
I know everyone here likes playing with hardware, so this might be a way to play with lots of it while doing good. I've been working there for a year and find it a satisfying outlet for my tinkering urges. (The first time I went there, I saw parts all over the floor... I thought I had died and wound up in heaven!)
Free Geek is in about a dozen cities (or start your own branch). Full info is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_geek.
Free Geek is a not-for-profit, unpaid volunteer organization that accepts donations of old computers, then re-uses what can be re-used and recycles the rest.
The computers we fix up and give away to the needy (or sell to make our rent money) aren't vintage, of course. Most are P-III, some are late-model P-II, and some are P-IV.
I know everyone here likes playing with hardware, so this might be a way to play with lots of it while doing good. I've been working there for a year and find it a satisfying outlet for my tinkering urges. (The first time I went there, I saw parts all over the floor... I thought I had died and wound up in heaven!)
Free Geek is in about a dozen cities (or start your own branch). Full info is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_geek.
