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I've said this a few times before and I hope to say it again soon: Ewasted and his outfit are top notch- I highly recommend working with him. I sent off a small shipment just after his...

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Well, I thought I would give y'all one more update on/conclusion to my accidental mainframe thread, so here goes. I actually have a few more bits and pieces lying around (a couple of...

Well... shoot. I was all whipped up about meeting ewasted while on a big ol vacation only to sign in a couple days ago and see this thread (yeah, it took me a while to screw up the gumption to post...

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I've disassembled and hauled in 97% of the non-electronic scrap from this lot and thought I would provide a breakdown (I loves me my numbers). This is all from the local scrapyard- I...

While we're on a wildlife theme...

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f236/zackfalin/brooktrout_zps3ekafuqz.jpg

How about a 22 year old fish?

cheers,
tbg

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Thanks for the thanks! I'm not trying to do an exhaustive how-to or materials analysis on each item, but I do like to take a couple pics when I'm done as I'll probably never get another...

Ok, I've processed three of the four 3174-L1 controllers, making enough room to start chopping into the first of two IBM 6400 printers. For the record, here are the guts:
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Ok, here's a shot of pretty much just the mainframe components- not a lot of room (or weight tolerance) to spare! I've been calling her HAL-E, which is sort of a combo of WALL-E and HAL from 2001 A...

Hello and howdy, numbers- Good to hear from you! Sorry this one slipped by you, but I'm glad we didn't wind up bidding against each other- that's just throwing money down the toilet. I check the...

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I just took the time to read all the way through your thread- as others have said: thanks! I really get a kick out of seeing what's inside some of these things. I'm a very, very part time...

Yeesh. Last night I swore that I would break down all the phones from the lot to get them out of my way- and I did. There were a couple odd models (including two examples with an extra console), but...

Thanks. I very well may try it on Ebay just to see what happens. If I don't get around to it (or it doesn't sell), what's the scrap value of the back planes themselves- any idea?

I'm too beat to...

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It's been a while since I've done any interesting scrapping, but I thought I would post a couple pictures of (and ask a few questions about) what turned out to be a rather large lot...

"I got about 40 telecom boards, 2 power supplies and some kind of tape drive."

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g6/jim_6b/20151217_184311.jpg

Hey howdy. I'll post a new thread in a moment, but...

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I'm enjoying the conversation- as odd as it is to say, I find it a little reassuring that people can still discuss a topic from different points of view and not be at each other's throats.
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First, Mechanic688- point well taken. Politics for politics sake is probably more often than not counterproductive to what this forum is trying to accomplish. That said, bigburtchino has a...

I'm not going to try to change anyone's mind on whether or not government exists simply to break things, but I do have to back JustInTime up on this one. The point of the Net Neutrality rules is to...

Thanks for the advice. I'm sure I can get the heat-sinks off one way or another and the two large capacitors (at least that's what I think they are) should be easy.

Is that round, metal-covered...

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I haven't been spending much time with the e-scrap lately, but I thought I would humblebrag one of those rare times I actually did quite well for myself. An acquaintance-of-a-friend was...

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Been busy with other things recently, but I'm finally getting around to packing up another load to send off and have a few odds and ends I might ask y'all about. One is this- the main...

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Good guess- I was given $4/lb for them, whatever they were (I was credited for 2 lbs, but that weight doesn't seem to match up with any combination of boards in my home-made inventory...

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A quick question to anyone who knows... I just got my latest invoice back from CFCS and, as usual, the tallies don't match up quite exactly to mine (but generally enough in my favor to keep...

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Another addendum... I just got my invoice back from the CFCS folks and thought I would share my shipping data, since that seems to be of interest. I asked for a pre-paid label from CFCS for a...

As far as getting my better half to show up here? Not gonna happen. She already has enough online communities to participate in and scrapping holds no fascination whatsoever to her (unless I happen...

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A couple quick questions- are you still taking platters? Any size? Mixed sizes?

Do the hard drive magnets have to paired up, or will you take singletons? Does it matter if they are...