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    Old 286 desktop breakdown

    I got a nice load of old towers just a few weeks ago. 27 in total, 2-3 286, 2-3 386, 5 486, a few old pentiums, a few 8088's, and a few newer ones. Paid $70 for the 27 towers, I think I did really well! Strictly scrap only, as all the stuff was nasty looking and the cases were rusty.

    The first one I broke down was an old AST 286 desktop, this is what I got out of it:



    Power supply 6.4 lbs @ 0.30 = $1.92
    Hard drive 3.8 lbs @ 0.90 = $3.42
    Disk drives 4.2 lbs @ 0.13 = $0.55
    Mother boards and finger cards 4 lbs @ 4.00 = $16.00
    Wire 0.2 lbs @ 0.50 = $0.10
    Steel case 20 lbs @ 0.09 = $1.80

    Total scrap value = $23.79

    This is the first time I had such an old load, the oldest towers I had before were a few 486's and pentiums here and there.
    I didn't record the weights exactly on the other towers, but some scrapped out at nearly $30 a piece!


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    check those chips you could be at 200+ for some of those computers now
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    Nice aurum, I'm way jealous! Next time think about taking pics. It's rare to get such an old load.

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    Very nice load there, and like scrapcrazy said, quite rare for such a vintage load!

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    Nice score!

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    On old XT and 286's if the HD was one of those old large MFM or RLL types (has 2 thin cables going to it unlike IDE which has one or SCSI which would have a large one) you could probably get $15-20 on ebay for it as is (more then scrap).

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