PC/Apple/etc. Cards Worth Keeping/Storing

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On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Scott Stevens wrote:

> > As far as PC stuff, I would keep a few of what you find useful and
> > scrap the rest.  The world will be littered with them for a few more
> > years so you'll have plenty of time to settle any regrets before they
> > all disappear.
> >
> I felt this way about 8088-era motherboards.  So a number of years back
> I scrapped them.  Now, I've found that it's fairly difficult to track
> down an XT motherboard.
>
> It's even starting to be less easy to find common 'baby-AT' 286/386/486
> motherboards these days.  Most of the stuff has been recycled.  The
> 'junk' now being scrapped in the mainstream is Pentium I stuff.

I know, I'm, increasingly saving more of this stuff, surprisingly.  When
you happen to actually need it (rare, but it comes up) you realize it's
not so much dead weight after all :)

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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