PC/Apple/etc. Cards Worth Keeping/Storing

[Joe R.]

At 11:02 PM 4/26/05 -0700, you wrote:
>
>I am trying to decide what to do with a bunch of 16-bit ISA IDE/Floppy
>controller, etc. cards. Is there still a use for them, or should I just
>add (most of) them to the (rapidly growing) scrap reclaim box? What
>about 8-bit and/or 16-bit ethernet cards, no-name 8-bit serial/parallel
>cards, older style floppy disk cables that still support the 5 1/4"
>floppy drives? 

  If you have any disk conrollers that have their own BIOS they're probably
worth keeping since the new computers only support a single drive. OTOH the
older ISA/EISA/VLB cards aren't usuable in the newest (PCI only) machines
so they may not be worth keeping depending on your situation. Old memory
cards and some video cards are a good source of memory ICs that are hard to
find (4 x256k, etc).

   Original IBM PC cards are probably worth saving since the PC is starting
to become collectible.

   Joe


Maybe a better question; are they any cards worth saving?
>I am keeping all the disk controller cards, memory expansion cards, and
>any specialized cards. Are they any Apple IIx cards worth saving? My
>general rule there has been that if I have the docs, they are worth
>saving.
>
>I have boxes of this stuff spread around and am looking for some
>guidelines on what might be worth keeping! I am getting to the point
>that anything past about 1984 or so goes.
>