Running old computers is often touted as the "green" option. It's a fact that the two most vulnerable components in such computers are the power supply and the hard disk. Having had both of these components fail at various times on oldish boxes I can only infer that those on this mailing list continually running *very* old computers must be continually replacing these components.
This is hardly an economic pursuit as new components for old computers are always much more expensive than their modern counterparts (RAM for instance). If, instead of new parts, old parts are being recycled then the failure rate on a particular computer must be even greater. Finally, old computers are far less efficient than new ones in terms of power consumed. So, they're large, noisy, power hungry, and expensive to maintain. To conclude then, I really can't see the attraction. Recycle them and treat yourself to something new, small, quiet, and relatively powerful. Richard
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