Where do you get your resources?

[jd]

So !
The time has come to answer an age old question that many people ask me, and I still ask you all...


Where in the world do you get your resources from?

Is it:


#1 The dump(local waste management plant) ?

#2 Old instruments, like old hospital gear,military gear ...?

#3 Ebay ?

#4 Work in or own a PC Store or business?


...And what kinda machines can a person find the rarest chips in ?


Name some common ,yet old obsolete machines that people can refure to.





Answer from me:

I get my sources from my own business (PC business) I'm also starting a PC recycling and Re-Distribution Center in my area, to help me find these rare gems !





JD

[soeren]

Scrap Yard

[FDIV]

Two scrap yards in my area. One that specializes in PC's, the other is a general scrap yard that caters to all metals. I have been trying to work on a third scrap source but the guy won't play ball. He tried to sell some himself on e-bay but failed due to his lack of any knowledge. He still doesn't seem willing to cut me in though.

[debs3759]

I gfet some chips from a local scrapyard (but sometimes I get there and he just doesn't want to know, so although he sometimes has good stuff there are times when I just don't get to rummage).

Some I get by going round various computer shops and asking if I can clear out all their scrap (whether it be useful or useless parts, I'll even take a van full of useless monitors if it gets me a van full of computers!)

Of course, other chips come from the usual places - here, eBay, and when I'm lucky enough to find a good deal on any other site

[chip68]

When I started collecting back in the mid-'70s, my usual haunts were hamfests (amateur radio flea markets) and, believe it or not, Goodwill stores. Hamfests are still a great place to find vintage computer boards, ICs, and the like.

As for the *rarest* chips - e.g., TI's SN300/SN500 series - since those were made in the 1960s and used almost exclusively by the military, look for old military, aerospace, or avionics equipment.

- CMW

[Marcin]

Auctions, trades, sometimes in my work, contacts in bigger cities ... soon scrap yards.

[slava]

City flea market. It is called a radio market here. People take obsolete boards and computers there wery often. But the majority of what they bring is what I already have like the most popular 486 chips or Pentiums. Good chips are scarce here these days