[XCSSA] Free monitors - first come, first get!!!

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Charles, I'd be interested in the PPros. How many you got and what are
the specs?

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Jeremy

On Nov 19, 2007 2:15 PM,  <xcssa-admin@xcssa.org> wrote:
> I myself have put many old computers, monitors and TV's in the
> trash.  However, I decided last year to do the best thing and
> "recycle" all computers and monitors in the future.  (As a result,
> most haven't left the house yet because I haven't had time...and most
> recycling places aren't open on evenings and weekends.)
>
> Here's the link showing the places available for computer and monitor
> recycling in San Antonio.
>
> http://www.sanantonio.gov/enviro/solidwaste/RecyOptionsComp.asp?
> res=2560&ver=true
>
> I brought one computer to The Morsi Corporation last year.  They were
> very nice and simply took it off my hands, no charge.  (The
> advertisement for Technology Recycling says they actually pay for
> stuff, but I wasn't willing to drive a few more miles to see how
> little I was going to get.)  But I'm planning to bring my biggest
> monitors to Corona Visions  I think I'll have to pay a pretty hefty
> charge for recycling a 19" monitor.  (Charges are listed as $17.95
> for a 17" monitor and 30 cents per pound for all other electronics.)
> But I think they might actually do the best job in preventing all the
> bad stuff from getting into groundwater.
>
> I'll report how it goes after I do it.
>
> OR, if anyone wants a barely useable (fairly dim and fuzzy) Radius
> 19" monitor, just let me know.  This was a multikilobuck monitor in
> the 1990's.  It was designed for good color reproduction, and it
> still does a perfect black, but they were always somewhat dim and
> fuzzy when compared with other brands (such as Viewsonic), and it
> certainly hasn't gotten any better.  Weighs approximately one ton.
>
> Other stuff on the way out (slowly) are several 68030 macs and dual-
> proc Pentium Pro's from 1999 in the generic metal cases that always
> cause finger cuts when you take them apart.
>
> Charles
>
>
>
> On Nov 18, 2007, at 10:43 AM, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
>
> >
> > On Nov 18, 2007, at 10:24 AM, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> >
> >>>> Both monitors are free to anyone who wants them.  Just let me
> >>>> know before the garbage man comes Tuesday.  They'll both be
> >>>> going out in the trash Tuesday if no one notifies me before then.
> >>>> Chuck
> >
> > CRTs don't belong in the trash. There's quite a bit of lead in
> > those things, plus it's not cool to give them vacuum glass. If the
> > trash men are trained well enough, they won't even pick them up.
> > (Of course there's always dumpsters, but that doesn't make it right.)
> >
> >> At first, I was going to suggest recycling the old monitors, then
> >> I came across this article on CNN:
> >>
> >> http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/11/18/electronics.trash.ap/index.html
> >>
> >> The article mentions a company in San Antonio that collects old
> >> items for recycling.
> >> Randy rjb@leebs.net
> >
> > If they work, I say give them to Goodwill.
> >
> >  - Bruce -
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