<html><head></head><body>If I haven't used it in 5 years, it goes out the door. Usually the next week I run into a need for what ever I got rid of. Much swearing later, I redesign the solution to use modern gear.<br><br>Chunk all of it into a dumpster and never look back. <br><br>Can't help with the emotional attachment part. Still crying about tossing out the first x86 I built. Can't afford therapy. Cuts into the hardware budget. :-)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On November 20, 2019 2:15:20 PM EST, Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">Ok, please clarify: are you seeking technical support or emotional help?<br><br>MAYBE she's got a point?<br><br>We ran a hardware/software consulting business for decades, and I found <br>that every 5 years, it's fairly easy to sort through the plastic bins <br>and toss half of it each time. If you can't fabricate a plausible <br>story as to HOW you are going to use something, toss it. Recently I <br>freed up half of the game room of crap to make more sewing space for my <br>wife. (But I DID get one garage bay for a workshop, so... )<br><br>Still, I'll never give up my Telebit T2500 modem. Or my RS-232 <br>breakout box. Heck, I'm still using a Wyse-60 terminal to talk to my <br>Best Ferrups UPS at 1200 baud.<br><br>Regards,<br><br><br>Neal<br><br><br><br>On 2019-11-20 12:26, Scott Castaline via Ale wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">As the subject implies my wife has given me an ultimatum, I either<br>unload all of my old stuff or she will which means it'll all end up in<br>some landfill. I have cables dating back to MFM harddrives to flat<br>ribbon scsi, as well as more recent cables. I have various cards going<br>back to ISA and EISA. If interested email me for address which is in<br>the Hamilton Mill area of Buford.<br></blockquote><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. All tyopes are thumb related and reflect authenticity.</body></html>