Working equipment I'm sure you'll find eager hands for. I usually sell it cheap to HS students making their first stabs at understanding PC's and OS's and thell them the best way to learn is to tear it apart, clean it, put it back together and put something non-windows on it. We have local computer hardware recycling once a year or so for anything that is really useless.
But - even non-working bits have more life to them. I've seen examples of sculptures made completely out of old computer cables. There's a world of electronic learning and DIY education to be had tearing old CD and HD drives apart. Not to mention all the fabulous little bits you find inside... like the rare earth magnets that are strong enough to hurt you found in every hard drive. Or the high precision air craft aluminum rings used as spacers between hard drive platters. Then there's the laser diodes in your old CD ROM drive and on and on.
So I've taken to selling what I can, recycling what I can't and tearing down what looks promising. It's made for a nice stash of very interesting tidbits in a shoe box on my work bench. Plus I have a good stash of mild steel and aluminum if I ever get a shop smelter built to do my own castings.
Obviously, mileage will vary as pertains to your interests and abilities.
Working equipment I'm sure you'll find eager hands for. I usually sell it cheap to HS students making their first stabs at understanding PC's and OS's and thell them the best way to learn is to tear it apart, clean it, put it back together and put something non-windows on it. We have local computer hardware recycling once a year or so for anything that is really useless.
But - even non-working bits have more life to them. I've seen examples of sculptures made completely out of old computer cables. There's a world of electronic learning and DIY education to be had tearing old CD and HD drives apart. Not to mention all the fabulous little bits you find inside... like the rare earth magnets that are strong enough to hurt you found in every hard drive. Or the high precision air craft aluminum rings used as spacers between hard drive platters. Then there's the laser diodes in your old CD ROM drive and on and on.
So I've taken to selling what I can, recycling what I can't and tearing down what looks promising. It's made for a nice stash of very interesting tidbits in a shoe box on my work bench. Plus I have a good stash of mild steel and aluminum if I ever get a shop smelter built to do my own castings.
Obviously, mileage will vary as pertains to your interests and abilities.