[RULE] Small hardware donations

[Paul Nijjar]

	I volunteer for a project (Based in Kitchener, Ontario,
Canada) that takes old donated computers and sells them locally. The
specifications for our computers are growing, and we have quite a bit of
usable hardware that is currently going in the garbage.

	It might be possible for us to mail some smaller components to
other groups. I am thinking of the following:
	- RAM (we are throwing away 4MB and 8MB 72 pin RAM)
	- CPUs (we have some Pentium-1 class CPUs, up to 133MHz)
	- Maybe hard drives (we have many 500MB drives)

	My question: Would it be worth stockpiling these or other small
items and then shipping them out? Are these components better than what is
currently available in projects you work with/know of? Would they be
useful? (I would imagine that the RAM might be, but I don't know.)

	Another question: are there other smallish components we should
stockpile?

	Shipping costs might be an issue, especially if we ship out hard
drives. We might be able to work out that issue when we get to it,
however. I can't imagine shipping for small components would be that much,
but I have been surprised before.

- Paul
http://wclp.sourceforge.net
http://www.theworkingcentre.org


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