Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Old Computers, Rs. 14 /- per k.g.

2008-05-24 Thread Mano
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[Ilugc] [OT] Old Computers, Rs. 14 /- per k.g.

2008-05-24 Thread Gokkul Iyer
Hello All,       U can set up thinclient with these computers. P1, P2 machime are best suited for thinclient. Bring your gang together. Do your thing. Find your favourite Yahoo! group at http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ ___ To

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Old Computers, Rs. 14 /- per k.g.

2008-05-23 Thread deva free
>- Original Message >From: Akarsh Simha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Old Computers, Rs. 14 /- per k.g. >AFAIK, this is done in a place called 'Byatrayanpura' in Bangalore. >Regards >Akarsh Moore Mark

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Old Computers, Rs. 14 /- per k.g.

2008-05-23 Thread Akarsh Simha
> This service is actually illegal. India ratified the basel > convention long back, and this industry is a grey market op. Oh! Interesting. How come they still continue despite media publicity? Hasn't nobody raided them? Regards Akarsh ___ To unsubscr

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Old Computers, Rs. 14 /- per k.g.

2008-05-23 Thread deva free
>Subject: Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Old Computers, Rs. 14 /- per k.g. >On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Akarsh Simha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Apparently, there is an enterprise where they extract Gold from > >electronic hardware. They put the PCBs in strong acids

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Old Computers, Rs. 14 /- per k.g.

2008-05-23 Thread Mano
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Akarsh Simha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> And the depleted(!) acids how is it disposed? > > I don't know how they are disposed. Possibly they are reused till they > are useless and then neutralized with alkali and thrown away, in which > case it should be sa

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Old Computers, Rs. 14 /- per k.g.

2008-05-23 Thread Akarsh Simha
> And the depleted(!) acids how is it disposed? I don't know how they are disposed. Possibly they are reused till they are useless and then neutralized with alkali and thrown away, in which case it should be safe. However, in case you do plan to use this service, you should probably find out

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Old Computers, Rs. 14 /- per k.g.

2008-05-23 Thread Mano
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Akarsh Simha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Apparently, there is an enterprise where they extract Gold from > electronic hardware. They put the PCBs in strong acids, which will > dissolve everything except gold and recover the gold used to make the > contacts i

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Old Computers, Rs. 14 /- per k.g.

2008-05-23 Thread Gourav Shah
There is really no market for these kind of comps. I have several such comps. gathering dust. The best one can do is salvage the working HDDs for reuse but then again given their age they could fail any time. I use them on experimental machines only. If you have any such throw away machi

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Old Computers, Rs. 14 /- per k.g.

2008-05-23 Thread Akarsh Simha
Hi Apparently, there is an enterprise where they extract Gold from electronic hardware. They put the PCBs in strong acids, which will dissolve everything except gold and recover the gold used to make the contacts inside ICs in the PCB. Maybe you could try that. AFAIK, this is done in a place cal

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Old Computers, Rs. 14 /- per k.g.

2008-05-23 Thread senthilraja P
> As already informed about "clearing" very old computers from my school at > salem, i have sold 286, 286, and 486 machines for Rs. 14/- per k.g. > by next week , few PI, PII with 166 MHz, 233 MHz with 16MB , 32MB RAM will > be sold [ for Rs. 16/- per k.g ? ] . > > Few members of this ILUGC contact

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Old Computers, Rs. 14 /- per k.g.

2008-05-23 Thread Arun Khan
On Friday 23 May 2008, Thiagarajan wrote: > As already informed about "clearing" very old computers from my > school at salem, i have sold 286, 286, and 486 machines for Rs. 14/- > per k.g. by next week , few PI, PII with 166 MHz, 233 MHz with 16MB , > 32MB RAM will be sold [ for Rs. 16/- per k.g

[Ilugc] [OT] Old Computers, Rs. 14 /- per k.g.

2008-05-22 Thread Thiagarajan
Dear All As already informed about "clearing" very old computers from my school at salem, i have sold 286, 286, and 486 machines for Rs. 14/- per k.g. by next week , few PI, PII with 166 MHz, 233 MHz with 16MB , 32MB RAM will be sold [ for Rs. 16/- per k.g ? ] . Few members of this ILUGC conta